徐复观与《老子》成书问题研究

A Study of XU Fu-guan and Lao Tzu' s Compilation

治思想史,既不可仅用训诂、考据之法,亦不能只强调义理思想特色。徐复观充分分析了前人治思想史研究方法的弊病,提出了结合作者所处时代背景将训诂、考据与“深求其意以解其文”相结合而反复求证的研究方法。徐复观利用这一研究方法,重新检讨了《庄子》《吕氏春秋》《礼记》等与《老子》成书问题相关的文献资料,又通过对比帛书《老子》与今本《老子》,明确提出了“《老子》成书于战国中期以前”的结论。

To study the history of thoughts,we cannot only use the methods of exegesis and textual analysis,as well as,we cannot just pay attention to ideological characteristics.XU Fu-guan fully analyzed the shortcomings of his predecessors in research methods of the history of thoughts.After that,he proposed a research method.On the basis of the background of the times,we combine the methods of exegesis,textual analysis with“deeply understand the whole meaning to interpret part of the meaning”,and to achieve multiple verifications.XU Fu-guan reanalyses the literature related to the issue of Lao Tzu compilation,such as Chuang-Tzu,The Spring and Autumn Annals,The Book of Rites.He also compared the difference between the passbook and bamboo slips from Guo dian,and the conclusion that“Lao Tzu was written before the middle of the Warring States Period”was clearly put forward.