經中覓法，法中覓道──論張偉仁教授《尋道》一書

Find the Law in the Classics, and the Way in the Law: On Professor Chang Wejen’s In Search of the Way

張偉仁先生的《尋道：先秦政法理論芻議》一書以「尋道」為名，來理解先秦政法理論，當緣起於經法與道理的糾纏，傳統的經與當代的法如何調適，如何從中表達道理，成為貫徹全書的一大問題。其新著中凸顯的思想，乃在於揭櫫或者提示了「經為常道，經法同源」。而其尋道的方法則注重「事理不二，法中尋道」，首先是「寄言出意，理在事中」，其次則是「心上磨鏡，法中尋道」。先生如此做的理由，乃是因為有一種「溝通慧命」的意識在內，目的為正彷徨於「尋道」歧途中的人們找到某種可能的出口。

Mr. Chang Wejen’s張偉仁In Search of the Way: Legal Philosophy of the Classic Chinese Thinkers (Chinese version) (Xundao: Xianqin zhengfa lilun chuyi尋道:先秦政法理論芻議) is named“In Search of the Way”to understand the theory of political and legal affairs in the Pre-Qin Period. It originates from the entanglement between classics and laws and principles. How to reconcile traditional classics with contemporary laws and how to express principles in them has become a major issue throughout the book. The idea highlighted in his new book is to reveal or suggest that“the classics are the common way, and the classics and the law have the same origin”(jing wei changdao, jing fa tongyuan經為常道,經法同源). His method of searching the way focuses on“the unity of facts and principles, and searching the way in the law”(shi li buer, fa zhong xundao事理不二,法中尋道). The first is“to express one’s ideas through words, and the principles are in the facts”(jiyan chuyi, li zai shi zhong寄言出意,理在事中). The second is to“polish the mirror on the mind, and searching the way in the law”(xin shang mojing, fa zhong xundao心上磨鏡,法中尋道). The reason why Mr. Chang did this was because he had a sense of“communicating wisdom and life”(goutong hui ming溝通慧命) within him, and his purpose was to find some possible way out for people who were wandering on the path of“In Search of the Way.”