对政治思想史而言,“中国”是什么——以萧公权为中心的考察

What’s the Meaning of China for the History of Political Thought--An Investigation Centered on Kung-Chuan Hsiao

民国时期,以萧公权为代表的中国政治学人面对中西古今的重重张力,尝试探讨政治思想史研究的“中国”内涵。萧公权认为,中西政治思想之间没有价值上的高下,只有性质上的分殊。就价值维度,中国政治思想自有其历史价值和普遍价值;就研究方法,不必以西方知识管道为限,中国学术界的知识资源同样值得吸收借鉴;就学科前景,萧公权与梁启超同样主张以实现调和中西为目标,但前者倾向于“追求现代性”,后者倾向于“反省现代性”。两种理路的辩证统一,有助于中国政治思想史研究的进展,亦将对世界政治思想的丰富有所贡献。

The history of political thought is a kind of western academic genre,there is no such thing in Chinese traditional academic system.What is the meaning of“China”for Modern Chinese political scientists,such as Kung-Chuan Hsiao,who are in the field of Chinese political thought study?From the point view of Kung-Chuan Hsiao,as for the similarities and differences between Chinese and Western political thought,there is only difference in formal,as they have the equal value.As to the values of Chinese political thought,we can appreciate them from the historical and uni­versal aspect.As for the research methodology,Western research methods are not the only choice,Chinese academic circles can also provide theoretical resources.On the future of the subject,both of Kung-Chuan Hsiao and Liang Qichao advocated that,the political thought of Chinese and Western should combined,and the Chinese traditional cul­ture should integrate into the Modern culture.However,the former tended to the pursuit of modernity,The latter tended to reflect on modernity.The dialectical unity of the two theo­ries,will contribute to the progress of the study of the history of Chinese political thought,and will contribute to the enrichment of world political thought in the same way.