如何看待侯外庐主编的《中国思想通史》

How to View the General History of Chinese ThoughtEdited by Hou Wailu?

侯外庐主编的《中国思想通史》是学界最早以马克思主义的立场、观点和方法研究中国思想资料的著述,曾长期引领中国学术思想的发展。不过,在20世纪90年代以后,一些学者开始提出《中国思想通史》不应该预设一个马克思主义的理论框架。但古往今来的学者研究思想史或哲学史皆会预设理论框架。而且以今日视角看,《中国思想通史》仍然具备知识的“含金量”和理论的“含金量”,有着广泛的社会影响力。这种“含金量”虽然受限于当时的历史条件,但也具备历久弥新的永恒性。另外,通过文本细读我们可以发现,《中国思想通史》对唯物、唯心分析工具的使用是严格把握分寸、具体问题具体分析的,不能将唯物、唯心分析工具泛化、绝对化的错误归咎于《中国思想通史》所开创的学术范式上。

The General History of China Thought,edited by Hou Wailu,is the earliest work to study China’s ideological materials from the standpoint,viewpoint and methods of Marxism,which has led the development of China’s academic thought for a long time.However,after the 1990s,some scholars began to propose that the General History of Chinese Thought should not presuppose a Marxist theoretical framework.Scholars have always presupposed a theoretical framework when studying the history of thought or philosophy.From today’s perspective,the General History of Chinese Thought has the value of knowledge and theory,and has extensive social influence.Although this value is limited by the historical conditions at that time,it also has timeless eternity.In addition,we found that the use of materialism and idealism in the General History of Chinese Thought is strictly measured and analyzed in detail.The errors of generalization and absolutization of materialism and idealism cannot be attributed to the academic paradigm created by the General History of Chinese Thought.