“因怀疑而思索”:罗根泽的老子研究述评

"Thinking for Doubt" :Luo Genze’s Studies on Laozi

在中国老学的近代化历程中,老子及《老子》书的年代之争是一个关键性的环节。在论争中,罗根泽不仅提出了'老子就是太史儋''老子的年代在孔、墨之后,孟、庄之前'以及'《老子》书确是一本专著,不是纂辑'等一系列颇为独到的一家之言,还对'历代学者考订老子年代总成绩'进行了提要钩沉,可以说在相当大的程度上解决了这一非常棘手的学术问题。因此,在中国近代老学史上,罗根泽的老子研究是一个不可或缺的客观存在。

The debates on Laozi and the time period of the classic Laozi was key to the modern transformation of Chinese Laoist Studies.Luo Genze raised some special views,such as'Laozi was Court Historian Dan','Laozi was born after Confucius and Mozi but before Mencius and Zhuangzi',and'was a book written,not compiled,by Laozi himself.'He also summarized the previous scholarship on Laozi’s time period.Therefore,Luo Genze’s Laozi research is an inseparable part of the modern Laoist studies.