《诗经》早期书写与口头传播——近期欧美汉学界的论争及其背景

The Writing and Oral Transmission of The Book of Odes in Early China:The Recent Dispute in the Western Sinological Circles and Its Background

在近期欧美汉学家的《诗经》研究中,出现了口头传播和书写问题的激烈交锋,论争的双方分别以柯马丁与夏含夷为代表。论争的产生,不仅源于先秦简帛文献的大量出土,更源于西方学者研究古希腊文明,以及汉学界重新思考先秦文本生成史的学术思潮的启发。《诗经》早期书写与口头传播的论争,是这些学术思潮中的重要一环。西方学术本身的进展,为欧美汉学带来了新的问题视野,但未必能解决所有的文献问题。如何平衡问题意识与文献材料,才是这场争论给我们的启示。

Western scholarship has recently witnessed a heated dispute over the oral transmission and writing of The Book of Odes（ 《诗经》）,and the two sides are respectively represented by Sinologists Martin Kern（ 柯马丁） and Edward L. Shaughnessy（ 夏含夷）. This dispute was originated not only from the substantial unearthed manuscripts,but also from the context of both Western scholars＇ studies of ancient Greek culture and Sinologists＇ rethinking of text production in early China. Western scholarship on Western civilization itself plays a vital role in the formation of the concern over China studies. The development of Western scholarship can shed a new light on Sinology,but it is still a problem how to balance the new perspective and Chinese materials.