清代考据学视野下的《河洛精蕴》

On the Significance of the He luo jingyunfrom the Philological Perspective of the Qing Dynasty

考据学是清代学术的突出特色,清代考据学的成就体现于“祖述渊源”“历数考订”“博证致用”等方面。江永秉持格物致知精神,以考据为方法,奉“归本河洛”为宗旨,从祖述渊源、历数考订、博证致用三方面治《易》,撰成《河洛精蕴》,其成就超越了前代学者有关河洛学的研究。《河洛精蕴》揭示图书卦画与万事万物的关联,阐述河洛之理蕴含在具体事物之中,一方面淋漓尽致地展现了清代考据学特色,另一方面极为巧妙地揭示了中国体用哲学中的“理一分殊”命题。

Textual research is a prominent academic feature of the Qing(1636-1912)dynasty.The achievements are embodied in the aspects of“tracing back to the origin”,“examining and correcting dating”and“finding extensive proof for application”.Jiang Yong(1681-1762)upheld the spirit of investigating things for getting knowledge,using textual research as the method,and“viewed the He tu(Yellow River Chart)and Luo shu(Luo River Diagram)as the root and origin”.He combined his own academic experience to study the Changes from three aspects:tracing back to the origin,examining and correcting chronology and finding extensive proof for application,and wrote the He luo jingyun(Essence of He tu and Luo shu),the achievements of which surpassed the research on He tu and Luo shu by previous scholars.The He luo jingyun revealed the relationship between the he-luo(i.e.,He tu and Luo shu)diagrams and everything,and pointed out that the principles of the He tu and Luo shu are contained in concrete things.On the one hand,it vividly shows the characteristics of textual research in the Qing dynasty;on the other hand,it cleverly reveals the proposition of“liyi fenshu”(there is but one Universal Principle,which exists in diverse forms)in Chinese philosophy.