试论清代学者《禹贡》研究之总成绩

清代学者对《尚书·禹贡》进行了深入全面的研究,形成了八十多种著述的规模。按照其著述类型,大致可分为五类,注疏型、集解型、辑注型、专论型、泛说型。其大要探讨内容为厘定经文文本、辨析地理方位、深考释诂音训、研讨经文大义,主要研究方法有排比文献、援经证经、考辨同名异地、详析矛盾抵牾,辅以实地目验考察、参考域外纪行,辗转考辨,反复讨论,从而将《禹贡》研究推进到了前所未有的高度。

Yu Gong Studies in the Qing Dynasty

There are more than 80 works on the Shang Shu Yu Gong,one of the oldest Confucian classics,in the Qing Dynasty.These works could be further divided into 5 categories in terms of methodology of classic studies:exegeses,anthology of ancient notes,commentaries,special studies,and general introductions.Qing scholars’ research on the Yu Gong reached an unparalleled level by careful textual studies,classics exegeses,geographic names studies,philology,and field studies.