论东方学对“西方专业汉学第一人”雷慕沙的影响

The Oriental Study and Its Influence on Abel Rémusat

19世纪初,东方学在法国繁荣兴盛,催生埃及学、阿拉伯学、亚美尼亚学等领先欧陆的研究领域,也孕育出西方最早的专业汉学。这集中体现在对东方学“专业汉学第一人”雷慕沙的影响上:首先,东方学赋予了雷慕沙宽广的知识面与宏阔视阈,激发其从亚洲视角开展中国研究;其次,东方学文化研究的基本途径语言研究和文献翻译塑造了雷慕沙切入中国古文化研究的基本模式;最后,19世纪初东方学界尊重与热爱东方的文化观也被雷慕沙承继发扬。东方学影响雷慕沙汉学研究的事实启示了由东方学视角考察西方汉学的学术史路径。此外,雷慕沙对欧洲中心主义的批判、以科学研究揭橥真实中国风貌的追求也提供了反思赛义德东方学理论的例证。

The present paper concludes that the Oriental study inspired Abel Rémusat, who was generally treated asthe earliest Sinologist in the West, to study China from the perspective of Asia, prepared the basic re⁃search mode for Rémusat through philology and translation, and shaped Rémusat's positive perception ofChinese culture by the trend of love and respect for the oriental culture;and it particularly suggests read⁃ers rethink Edward Said's Orientalism through the lens of Rémusat's critique of Eurocentrism.