屈万里《易》学研究

Qu Wanli's Study of Yijing

屈万里的经学研究以《诗经》《尚书》《易经》研究闻名,尤以《易经》研究创获最大,被李济赞誉为"当代中国经学第一人"。他的《易经》研究的主要贡献是:将传统旧学(文字、历史、音韵、词汇、方言、经学、金石学)与当代新学(民俗学、人类学、目录学、甲骨学、二重证据法、新史学、学术史)兼融的典范;他的研究反映近代学术由疑古(疑宋、疑汉、疑先秦、疑上古)到释古(重建可信的古史)的努力。屈万里是晚清到当代学风的吸收者、转化者与创见者,确实开启了新的治《易》方法与园地,但它是起步,不是结束,正待后学继续完善。

Qu Wanli is renowned for his accomplishments in studies of Confucian classics, particularly Shijing, Shangshu, and Yijing. His study of Yijing represents his greatest achievement, where he integrates the branches of traditional Chinese studies(philology, history, phonology, lexicology, dialectology, study of Confucian classics, and epigraphy) with some modern disciplines(folklore, anthropology, bibliography, the study of oracle-bone inscriptions, the method of dual attestation, new historical studies, and academic history), as part of academic efforts to progress from questioning documents of antiquity(the official history of the Song, Han history, and pre-Qin dynasties, and ancient times) to intepreting documents of antiquity(to reconstruct reliable histories of ancient times). As an absorber, transformer, and innovator in the scholarly transition from late Qing to modern China, Qu opened a new academic field where he introduced some new ways for studying Yijing, which call for continued scholarly efforts today for their improvement.