「以史傳經」——論徐復觀先生《春秋》學說與其經學觀

Using History to Explain the Classics - A Study of Xu Fuguan’s Theoretical Perspectives on The Spring and Autumn Annals and The Chinese Classics

晚清民國以來學人在研究方法上，有一透過重整與究實經學史發展為主要途徑，藉以發掘經學性質、價值與意義的共同趨向。在此時代課題下，徐復觀先生以上古史與史官為視角，肯定經典中史的特質，同時透過精研西周史官制度與文化、六藝經傳，以及《春秋》經傳解經之法，省察中國經史的變遷與發展，尤其對《左傳》「以史傳經」之法有獨到見解，為其究真經學本質與價值、意義的主要途徑，是以本文就其一、論《春秋》經傳與漢代今古文經學中的《春秋》學，二、論「以史傳經」之經史意識，討論其經學史觀在《春秋》學的具體論證內容，以說明其經學觀及其《春秋》學研究之貢獻。

Through his research of ancient Chinese history and Chinese historians, Xu Fuguan discussed and elaborated on the Chinese Classics, affirming its values of historiography. Xu’s studies of the systems of civil service during the Western Zhou Dynasty along with its culture, and the Six Chinese Classics, including The Spring and Autumn Annals and The Zuo Commentary, had shed keen insight on Chinese intellectual history, especially on the interpretation of The Zuo Commentary, which served as the cornerstone for his academic studies on the essence and values of the Chinese Classics. Starting first with studies on The Spring and Autumn Annals in the Pre-Qin period and the Han Dynasty, and second, the exegesis and historiography of The Zuo Commentary, this article aims to examine Xu’s theoretical perspectives on the Chinese Classics and his contributions to the studies of The Spring and Autumn Annals.