经学分派与分期说评述

Comments on the Theory of Classification and Periodization of Confucian Classics

经学的分派与分期是经学史的重大问题。四库馆臣最早提出二派六期说,但其分期缺乏理据,分派则有斩头去尾之失。此后出现了十多种不同的分期说,有二期说、三期说、四期说、六期说、七期说、九期说、十期说、十二期说;分派说也有二派、三派、四派诸说。这些分派分期说带有纠正四库馆臣失误的意义,但由于受时代限制与学术派别之见等原因,依然存在不同的理论缺失。这些分派分期说多数没有涉及分派与分期的关系,更没有关注到分派分期的依据这一根本问题。如果不解决分派分期的依据,分派分期就缺乏之所以分的依据,也就无从合理地说明经学分派分期,所以,已有的分派分期说虽然各有所见,但都不能令人信服。

The periodization and division of the different schools of classical Confucianism is an important issue in the history of Confucianism.The ministers of Siku Library put forth the idea of"two schools and six periods",but there was no reason for the division,and the division was incomplete.Since then,there have been there have been more than ten different theories of division,including two-period theory,three-period theory,four-period theory,six-period theory,seven-period theory,nine-period theory,ten-period theory,twelve-period theory,and two-period theory,three-period theory and four-period theory.These theories have the significance of correcting the mistakes of the ministers of Siku Library,but due to the limitations of the times and academic schools and other reasons,there are still different theoretical deficiencies.Most of these theories do not deal with the relationship between distribution and installment,let alone the fundamental issue of the basis of distribution and installment.However,if we don’t solve the basis of distribution and staging,there will be no basis for distribution and staging,and we cannot reasonably explain the distribution and staging of Confucian classics.Therefore,although the existing theories of distribution and staging have different opinions,they are not convincing.