务实的漠视——英国汉学专业化的开端

Pragmatic Listlessness:The Beginning of the Professionalization of British Sinology

长久以来，英国汉学家对于汉学专业化过程中英国官方和知识界的冷漠态度深感困惑和失望，称其为“奇异的漠视”。这种漠不关心的态度影响了英国汉学的发展壮大，并导致英国汉学落后于同时代的法国、德国、俄国等。本文试图通过回顾英国汉学专业化初期发展情况，梳理以大学设立汉学讲席为标志的汉学学科建立的过程，辨析这一时段推动汉学发展背后的因素，并针对“奇异的漠视”态度的形成给予合理的解释。

For a long time, British sinologists had been confused and disappointed with the indifference of the British authorities and academia in the specialization process of sinology, calling it the "singular listlessness". The indifferent attitude influenced the development and expansion of British sinology and led it to fall behind Western European countries such as France, Germany and Russia. This article attempts to review the early development of sinology in Britain as well as the establishment process of sinological disciplines marked by the establishment of "Professor of Chinese" at universities. It also analyzes the factors behind the promotion of sinology during this period, and gives a reasonable explanation for the "singular listlessness" attitude.