A Modern Interpretation of Xiong Shili's Ideas as New Study of Neo-Confucianism of the Song Dynasty
Modern scholars in the academic circle of humanities often labeled Xiong Shili's(熊十力)ideas as the"new study of the mind"(新心学).Actually,the perspective of the"new study of Neo-Confucianism of the Song Dynasty"(新宋学)may facilitate a better grasp on the intellectual aspiration and contemporary significance of Xiong Shili's ideas.Xiong understood the"study of Neo-Confucianism of the Song Dynasty"(宋学)as the efforts in the post-Song period to revive Confucius'teachings on the study of internal sageliness and external kingliness(内圣外王之学),and divided the historical evolution of the"study of Neo-Confucianism of the Song Dynasty"into five stages:Northern Song Dynasty,Southern Song Dynasty,mid-Ming Dynasty,late Ming Dynasty,and Qianlong(乾隆)and Jiaqing(嘉庆)periods of the Qing Dynasty.The model of the"study of Neo-Confucianism of the Song Dynasty"in Xiong's mind,was actually the study created by the scholars of the late Ming Dynasty represented by Wang Chuanshan(王船山).Subsequent to the influx and impact of Western learning(西学),Xiong strove to revive and reconstruct Confucianism,and this reconstruction was in fact the new study of internal sageliness and external kingliness(新内圣外王之学),which followed the thought of heaven and humanity,the scientific spirit,the national spirit and the democratic spirit advocated by the scholars of the late Ming Dynasty.If we may say that Xiong's new study of internal sageliness was primarily derived from the study of Neo-Confucianism of the Song Dynasty and was then developed into a form of modern philosophical ontology under the influence of Western Learning,his new study of external kingliness was challenged by Western Learning and motivated by the hope that he could dig up new ideas from traditional Confucianism and elucidate a modern form of scientific and democratic thought.Xiong believed that China's modernization must be deeply rooted in the soil of traditional Chinese culture.
Xiong Shilinew study of Neo-Confucianism of the Song Dynastynew study of internal sageliness and external kinglinessmodernization of Confucianism
NETL
NSTL
万方数据
