本田成之的中国经学“巫”起源观

Honda Shigeyuki on the Idea of ‘Shamanism' in the Chinese Classics

本田成之是日本中国学京都学派第二代学者中的代表之一,对中国经学史、中国古典文献学有深刻研究,然一直未受学者重视。本文通过对他的中国经学"巫"起源观进行整理分析,从而了解其经学史研究的特点。并将其与狩野直喜、内藤湖南等京都学派学者对中国文化中"巫"的观点进行比较,以了解京都中国学派经学史研究的传承与发展。将他的研究与同时代其他学者如白鸟库吉等学者的观点进行比较,一方面可更好地定位他在日本中国学的学术地位;另一方面,日本明治大正时期诸学者对中国文化起源问题的热烈讨论,反映该时期日本知识分子对中国文化起源的探索,日本的中国文化研究亦从古典汉学向近代中国学过渡。

As one of the representative  gures of the second generation of the Kyōto School of sinology, Honda Shigeyuki is well-versed in both the history of Chinese Confucian classics and ancient Chinese documents, but his academic achievements have long been ignored. The present article focuses on Honda’s research into the history of Confucian classics, especially by exploring his thesis that “shamanism” is a source of Chinese culture. In addition, his thought is put into comparison, on the one hand, with the ideas of other Kyōto School scholars to shed light on the development of that school of thought, and on the other hand, with his sinological contemporaries, so as to appropriately evaluate his place in Japanese academia. Such comparisons highlight the fervent debates about the origin of the Chinese culture in the Taishō period, which marks a transition from traditional sinology to modern Chinese Studies.