評介兩岸學界近十年有關《經世文編》的研究概況

Jing Shi Wen Bian Studies in Taiwan and China during the Last Decade

「經世思想」是中國傳統思想特異於西方思想的部分。它包含了對知識修習的要求，以及個人道德涵養的磨勵，是一段「由內至外」，由內在修養至邁入社會、治理國家的進程，標誌著濃厚的入世精神、價值與目標。學界關於「經世思想」的研究，始萌發於1980年代，幾場相關會議的召開，各方學者分別從經世的定義、思想內涵、思想與傳統之關聯等議題展開討論。其中最受關注的史料，當屬自明代方始產生的「經世文編」這類文本。以往的研究成果，便有一塊是專以明、清兩代「經世文編」為主體，探討文編內含書文、言說的思想特點。本文旨在整理過去十年，兩岸學界以「經世文編」為對象的主要研究成果。經歸納後，大致分為兩個方向：第一，討論文編的「編纂問題」；第二，探究編纂經世文編之「現象」與「熱潮」的成因、脈動和影響。藉由評介這些作品，希冀能讓讀者掌握近年來關於「經世文編」的研究動向，並在這些基礎上，進一步深化經世文編與知識分子、思想、社會三者間關係的問題，進而激盪出更具開展性的思考。

The Statecraft (Jing-Shi) strand of traditional Chinese thought, as distinct from Western political theories, proposes that people should devote themselves to political life based on their accumulation of knowledge and cultivation of morality. After honing its personal moral standing, the individual joins society and finally dedicates itself to the ordering of the world by serving the empire. Studies of Statecraft theories began in the 1980s as scholars attempted to elucidate the correlation between China's modernization and traditional thought by analyzing the definition as well as the meaning of Statecraft as found in the Ming dynasty's Jing Shi Wen Bian. This article focuses on Taiwanese and Chinese studies concerning the Jing Shi Wen Bian of the MingQing period. During the last decade two main topics emerged, namely the idiosyncracies of Jing Shi Wen Bian compilations, and the impact brought about by this intellectual trend. By summarizing and commenting on these studies the interrelation between Jing Shi Wen Bian and contemporary intellectuals, their thoughts as well as society in general is shown.