古史“层累”与典籍译介——理雅各的《尚书》译本及其中国古史观

James Legge’s View on Ancient Chinese History and its Spread: Based on James Legge’s Translation of The Shoo King

19世纪来华西人携域外学术资源切入中国古史研究,提出了不同于当时中国本土学者的观点。汉学家理雅各不囿于当时的经学传统,在其《尚书》译本中阐述了中国古史观。本文围绕理雅各《尚书》译本,探讨了他的中国古史观及其思想根源,并尝试从译介视角厘清其古史观借助译本在域内域外的传播路径。

Some scholars from the Western countries in the 19 th century proposed the original views about the ancient history of China from the perspective of western scholarship,different from those of Chinese.Not confined by the tradition of Confucianism studies,James Legge,a British sinologist,expounds his view on ancient Chinese history in his translation The Shoo King(The Book of Documents).The article,focuing on his translation,aims to discuss James Legge’s view on ancient history of China,and reveal the origins of his view.The article also attempts to delineate the complicated route of the spread of the translation and historical concepts carried out both in China and outside it.