反思虛靜論──論王夫之釋《莊》

Reflections on “Void-Peace Theory” 虛靜論: On Wang Fuzhi’s Interpretation of Zhuangzi

本文反省民國儒學時賢解《莊》視野中的思想遺產與債務，問題化釋《莊》故有之成─「虛靜論」的哲學偏至。在檢討單以虛靜之心疏解《莊子》旨趣的學術傳統之餘，借道王船山體大思精之慮，發掘莊子思想所蘊含的深刻的體用創化意識，乃至推動一切人文活動的思維傾向與終極依據。本文嘗試指認《莊子》在文化生產邏輯中可能引發的哲學想像，提供理解莊子的精神性格以另類的、相對的理論位置。

"The present paper takes the research performed by remarkable scholars of the Republican era of China as a starting point to reflect on their intellectual legacy and our debts owed to them regarding interpretations of Zhuangzi. It attempts to problematize the conclusions they reached in said interpretations, namely “void-peace theory” 虛靜論, and explores the profound humanistic creative spirit and ultimate basis of the thought of Zhuangzi through Wang Fuzhi’s 王夫之 (1619-1692) idea of “substance-function theory” 體用論. Furthermore, this paper tries to identify the philosophical imagination that Zhuangzi may trigger within the logic of cultural production and to provide an alternative theoretical position for understanding the thought found in the work."