试论章太炎先生与《庄子》研究

章太炎是我国近代史上名的民主革命家、思想家,又是一位享有盛誉的国学大师。他和《庄子》一书早有接触,并在二十余岁时“育其辞,理其训沾,求其义旨”。在流亡日本期间,除了忙于政事之外,他还致力于研究并为留日青年学生讲授《庄子》先后撰成了《庄子解帮》和《齐物论释》等论。特别是在《齐物论释》中,他纳入了西方哲学和佛教思想解释《庄子》,力图以此表述自己的哲学观点。由于时代的局限和章太炎自身存在的问题,无疑他建立起来的哲学体系在理论上存在着严重的缺陷。不过,他研究《庄子》的活动富于新意,给人予启迪。从批判和继承的观点来看,似应给予积极的、实事求是的评价。

On Zhang Taiyan and His Research on Zhuangzi

Outline: Zhang Taiyan is not just a prominent democratic revolutionary and thinker but also a great master of Chinese national culture in modern history of china. He first read about Zhuangzi when he was very young, by the time he was in his twenties,he had begun to "peruse the whole book,grasp its true essence and delve into its significance". While living in exile in Japan,Zhang Taiyan devoted himself to the study of Zhuangzi and gave lectures about the philosopher to chinese students in Japan besides participating in politics. During this period,he wrote an exposition of Zhuangzi's Philosophy, Commentaries and Annotations on entity,the author looks at Zhuangzi from the perspective of Western philosophy and Buddhist philosophy in all attempt to set forth his own philosophical views. Due to the limitations of the times and his own problems,the philosophical systew Zhang Taiyan set up was not without its shorlcomings. Inspite of this,the approach he adopted to the study of Zhuangzi was o-riginal and enlightening and thercforo he should be given a positive and realislic evaluation from a critical and inheritable angle.