中国思想世界的几个要点

A Few Key Points in Chinese Thinking World

本文是史华兹先生《中国古代思想的世界》一书的跋语,它是对于全书总体思路的总结与反思。本书的主要研讨对象是经典文本,跋语的宗旨是:对于为什么要研读古典文本这个问题给予终极的辩护。围绕着这一宗旨,涉及到了多方面的问题。

This paper is the postscript of The world of Thought in Ancient China , a famous book written by Benjamin Schwartz. This postscript is a summary and reflection of the most important ideas in the book. Since the major focus of this book is on the early Chinese texts, the central topic of this postscript is the discussion for the question: what is the final justification for the studying early Chinese texts? In the discussion, a lot of topics are involved.