20世纪的"原儒"工作

Tracing Confucianism in the 20th Century

20世纪的"原儒",一般是做探究"儒"的历史起源的工作,但是这种意义上的工作对于儒家精神的说明性是很可怀疑的,这使得它们也许只应该被称为"说儒",而不应视为真正意义的"原儒"。本文从陈来的《说说儒》切入,分析20世纪各种"说儒"的来由,指出它们共同的不足。同时,本文的重心更在于指出,20世纪实际上存在着真正意义上的"原儒"工作,熊十力和蒙文通可以作为程度不同的两个典范。通过分析,本文达成了对于"原儒"工作的三个原则的认识:"寻绎"、"原本"和"孔子一身及由孔子开启的儒家精神历史"。

Tracing Confucianism in the 20th century generally means investigating into the origin of Confucianism, yet doing a poor job in explaining its fundamental spirit. The author analyses such scholars as Zhang Taiyan, Hu Shi, Xiong Shili, Meng Wentong and Chen Lai and reaches the final conclusion, that is, the 3 rules of tracing Confucianism: first, 'explanation', second, 'essence', and third, 'Confucianism' and 'postConfucianism'.