天演、进化、进步的内涵及其关系研究述评

<天演论>是中国近代史上一部划时代的著作,一百多年来,人们对它的研究长盛不衰,涉及问题殊多,现就严复译述<天演论>的概念问题进行梳理,包括研究状况、不同观点以及笔者的简评.关于天演、进化、进步之间的关系存在着两种对立的观点:一是对等说,二是非对等说.文中从天演与进化、进化与进步、天演内涵、严复态度四个方面进行了梳理,认为对等说较普遍认同,而非对等说更接近真理,从科学的观点讲,应该严格加以区分,并对具体问题进行具体分析,做到实事求是.

Progress, evolution, and Yan Fu's evolution:a review of the researches about their meaning and relationship

Evolution and Ethics translated by Yan Fu marked a new epoch in modern China history. Many people have studied it along the history since its publication, and many problems have been raised about it. This monograph tries to review the researches about the main concepts related, including the status quo of the researches, different opinions, and the author's review. There are two different opinions about the relationship among the concepts of progress, evolution and Yan Fu's evolution. The one is that they have the same meaning and are equal to each other, the other is that their meanings are different and unequal. This monograph looks the problem from four aspects, namely the relationship between evolution and Yan Fu's evolution, the relationship between progress and evolution, the meaning of Yan Fu's evolution, and Yan Fu's personal attitude. The author thinks, though there are more people who are in favor of the first opinion, the second opinion is more likely to be correct. We should differentiate them seriously and correctly, so that we could treat them scientifically.