继承与蜕变:从经世文编看水治演进

The Transition of the Thoughts about Water Conservancy in Late Qing Dynasty

中国历代水利典籍卷帙浩繁,治河名臣功绩不绝于史,治水理念也不断被传承光大。晚清以来,世变剧烈,政事尤繁,水治也在历史演进中发生时代性变动。“经世”既是“经世文编”的主旨,也是清道咸之后整个社会风向所趋。晚清至民国,学统与学风发生历史性转向,传统“水治”逐步脱离“六政”规约向现代水利学科方向转型,“经世”学统渐趋式微,《民国经世文编》内容及旨趣的转变便是例证。

Water conservancy has always been one of the most important business of government. There were lots of books recording how the ancients coped with the water problems and turned it into adversity. The core of the meanings had been inherited from one generation to another. The society had experienced a series of changes since the late Qing dynasty. During the time, the views of water conservancy had also changed. Those could be reveled partly through the “Jing Shi Wen Bian”. In the modern china, the meanings and tendency of academy had veered. With the weakness of academy of “Jing Shi Wen Bian”, water conservancy has turned its traditional tendancy.