“探阅夷情”——清代中期经世学派与东西文化交通之流变

“Looking for the Foreign Situation”-The Scholar Class and the Communication between Eastern and Western Cultures in the Mid-Qing Dynasty

嘉道之后的经世学派,初步形成了与古典朝贡时代截然不同的全球意识。同时因势而变,价值前提由“民夷不相交结”到“探阅夷情”“知悉夷务”,由本土知识的严格承袭转向为“援西入中”“中西和合”,受到了西学东渐之风和传统今文经学内在转向的双重影响。经世学派在学术上因“东西交冲”而脱出了中学旧轨,某种程度上也给中国之后的思想变动提供了先见的历史资源和价值基因。

Emphasizing statecraft is a tradition of Confucianism.During Jia and Dao Times of late Qing Dynasty,the new academic ideological trend appeared in academia,with the reconciliation of Han and Song,the rejuvenation of Confucian classical learning and the emergence of study for the purpose of application.This is the inevitable outcome of the development of Confucian philosophy toward practical use.For example,the Practical Principle was seen as Highest aim of Zhedong Culture.As a primary characteristic of the Chinese ancient culture,the concept which had an active interest in government and the application to society set up the tendency of pragmatism in modern China.