王韬辅助理雅各翻译中国典籍过程考

On Wang Tao’s Assistance to James Legge in the Translation of the Chinese Classics

本文在挖掘理雅各和王韬文献档案的基础上,细读理雅各的翻译文本和王韬的经学著作,发现王韬在理雅各翻译中国典籍的过程中为其提供书籍,担任译经顾问和研经同伴的角色。在此过程中,理雅各表现出独立的学术批判精神,这种精神反过来也影响到王韬的学术思想。

Using James Legge’s and Wang Tao’s archives and documents,and a close reading of James Legge’s translations and Wang Tao’s commentaries on the Chinese classics,this article finds that Wang Tao provided many of the commentaries on the Chinese classics for James Legge’s reference.Wang played the role of consultant and co-worker in James Legge’s process of translation.In this way,James Legge showed his spirit of critical thinking as a Western scholar,which influenced Wang Tao’s academic thinking at the same time.