曾镛学术思想简论

Brief Comment on Zeng Yong's Academic Ideology

清代中期理学呈衰微之势,考据学术渐成主流,温州学界亦随之沉浮。泰顺人曾镛,在当时温州属于一位坚守程朱理学的学者,尊经信古、讲求义理、强调经世,与时兴的考据风潮格格不入,致使时人对其学术思想评价不高,关注不多。而今细绎其"一真堪自怡"的真情诗文及其所学所思,亦能自成一格,有守先待后之功。相信勾勒曾镛的生平、诗文及其学术思想,对于更深入理解整个清代理学和温州区域文化的近代变迁当不无启示。

The Neo-Confucianism in the Mid-Qing Dynasty declines in the period of formation and accumulation and textual academic research turns gradually the mainstream. Zeng Yong (1748-1821) as a scholar of Neo-Confucianism at that time in Wenzhou, who respects Confucian classics, believes in Confucianism, seeks for loyalty and trust and stresses the practical utilities, is quite incompatible with the textual research trend at that time. As a result, the people today rarely know about his academic ideology as well as attention and comments. In fact, his theory of true feeling “being sincere can please oneself ”both inherits the lyric tradition of “poetry speak out one's ambition” and echoes with the theory of temperament of Yuan Mei. It is further developed by Wang Dexin's theory of feeling. So it has its origin and inherited the former and inspired the later. It is of important significance for the further understanding of the Neo-Confucianism and the modern transition of regional culture in Wenzhou by means of Zeng Yong’s academic thoughts and theory of true feeling.