公羊学定然重放异彩——《中国本土阐释学的精彩演进》后记

Gongyangism Shall Definitely Shine Again-Postscript to"The Splendid Evolution of Chinese Native Hermeneutics"

在传统学术中,春秋公羊学说以其传承久远、风格独特、历史命运跌宕起伏等特征,在儒学体系中独树一帜。其学术风格的最大特点是专讲“微言大义”、注重义理阐释,这些特点与专门注重训诂考证的学派大异其趣。公羊学说的历史命运陡升陡降,它在西汉成为朝野共尊的政治指导思想和学术指导思想,在东汉以后则消沉了一千余年,到了清朝嘉道年间却又复兴,在晚清再度风靡一时,直接推动社会进程和学术变迁。在这一跌宕起伏的演进过程中,经过一代代学人的推演,公羊学的核心命题“三世说”也逐渐发展成为内涵十分丰富的学术体系,尤其是在晚清成为接受西方进化论的本土资源。当前,我们要构建阐释学的中国学派,必须让公羊学发挥它的宝贵作用,将它构建到我们的学术体系当中,而且让它走向世界,对世界史学理论作出贡献。

In traditional academics,the Gongyang School of the Spring and Autumn Annals,characterized by its long history,unique style,and ups and downs in its historical fate,stands out in the Confucian system.The most significant feature of its academic style is its emphasis on"subtle words but profound meanings"and the interpretation of principles,which is vastly different from the academic school that focuses on exegetical research and textual criticism.The historical fate of Gongyangism rose and fell sharply.It became the political and academic guiding ideology respected by both the court and the people in the Western Han Dynasty,but it declined for more than a thousand years after the Eastern Han Dynasty.During the Jiaqing and Daoguang reigns of the Qing Dynasty,it revived and once again became popular in the late Qing Dynasty,directly promoting social progress and academic changes.During this tumultuous evolution,through the deduction of generations of scholars,the core proposition of Gongyangism,the"Three Periods Theory",gradually developed into an academically rich system,especially in the late Qing Dynasty,becoming a local resource for accepting Western evolutionism.Currently,to build the Chinese school of hermeneutics,we must let Gongyangism play its valuable role,incorporate it into our academic system,and let it go global to contribute to world historiographical theory.