“曰若稽古”的理解与《尧典》的开端意义

The Understanding of “Yue Ruo Ji Gu” and The Beginning Meaning of The Book of Emperor Yao

“曰若稽古”是《尧典》的首句,承载着《尧典》作为《尚书》第一篇的开端意义。在两汉经学中,“曰若稽古”即是帝尧顺考古道而上同于天,其开端意义表现在对之前文明历史的集大成与对天命的承接上。宋人把帝尧视为考古的对象从而消解“曰若稽古”承载的意义,但是《尧典》的开端意义因发明“钦明文思”圣人之德而得到保存。汉宋异解的差异性中仍有一致性的内容,即对天、圣人之德、政教的共同关注,这成为我们理解《尧典》乃至整个经学的基始。

“Yue Ruo Ji Gu” as the initial sentence from The Book of Emperor Yao,bear the initial significance of this book as the first article from The Book of History.In the Han and Tang Confucian classics,“Yue Ruo Ji Gu” meaned that Emperor Yao obeyed and inspected the ancient knowledge,and the inspection of the ancient knowledge was the same as divine order,and its initial significance was expressed in the integration of the previous civilization history and the inheritance of the destiny.The Confucian Classics of the Song Dynasty regarded Emperor Yao as the object of investigating the ancient times to dispel the meaning carried by “Yue Ruo Ji Gu”,but the initial meaning of The Book of Emperor Yao was preserved by the invention of “Qin Ming Wen Si”.There are still consistent content in the differences between Han and Song Dynasties,that is,the heaven,saints,and politics-education.They have become the foundation point of our understanding of The book of Emperor Yao and even the Confucian Classics.