對內田周平的重新認識

Towards a New Understanding of Uchida Syuhei

過去，對於世界上第一部《中國哲學史》的作者內田周平評價並不高，主要是因為這部問世於十九世紀末的書不夠「哲學」。如果重新審視內田周平的學問以及他對當時「哲學」的代表井上哲次郎的批判，我們認為有必要重新評價此人。首先，內田周平對宋代理學的研究有真知灼見；其次，他對井上哲次郎的批判有其合理性。因此內田周平對漢學立場的堅守，並不能簡單視為落後、保守的行為。透過內田周平的生平，我們可以看出日本的中國哲學研究在十九世紀末二十世紀初特殊的發展歷程，對於我們今天重新審視中國哲學學科自身具有重要意義。

In the past, the evaluation of the first book in the world on the history of Chinese philosophy Zhongguo Zhexueshi by Uchida Syuhei was not high. It is mainly because the book published in the nineteenth century was not considered ＂philosophical＂ enough. If we re-examine Uchida Syuhei's scholarship as well as his critique of Inoue Tetuzirou, the representative of ＂philosophy＂ at the time, we will find it necessary to reappraise Uchida's works. First of all, Uchida Syuhei has a penetrating insight into research on the School of Principle (Lixue) in the Song Dynasty. Secondly, his critique of Inoue Tetuzirou is rational. Uchida Syuhei's firm standpoint in the field of Sinology therefore is actually not backward and conservative. Through the biography of Uchida Syuhei, we can see a unique process of the development of Chinese philosophy in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century Japan. It is significant and helpful for us to reexamine today's discipline of Chinese philosophy.