经史之间:蒙文通对法家的阐释 喻中
蒙文通之学,具有经学与史学相互交融的风格。在蒙文通的经史之学中,对先秦法家进行了多个方面的阐述与建构。从法家的范围来看,兵家、农家、纵横家都可以归属于先秦法家。从地域特征来看,先秦法家之学是秦晋之学。从思想观点来看,先秦法家的关键词是法、术、势,先秦法家主张“抑贵族而尊君权”,要求“强公室,杜私门”,这些观点建基于法家所特有的历史哲学。从思想语境来看,法家是周秦时期中国思想的两大主流之一,是周秦时代有别于儒家的新思想,法家与儒家的关系经历了一个从冲突到融和的转变。蒙文通立足于特定的经史立场对先秦法家作出的阐释,为当代学界理解法家提供了重要的镜鉴。
Between Confucian Classics and Historiography: Meng Wentong’s Interpretation of the Legalist School
Yu Zhong
Meng Wentong’s science shows the style of Confucian classical studies blending historiography. In his science, the legalist school had been explained and constructed aspects. From the perspective of legalism, military strategists, farmers, and Political Strategists can be attributed to the pre-Qin legalists. From the geographical characteristics, the learned of pre-Qin legalist school is the learned of Qin and Jin. From the ideological point of view, the key words of the pre Qin Legalists are the law, the art and the power. The pre-Qin legalists advocated “suppressing the aristocracy and respecting the monarchy,” and called for “the strong public room and thestop private door,” which were based on the historical philosophy of the Legalists. From the perspective of ideological context, Legalists were one of the two main streams of Chinese thought in the Zhou and pre Qin Dynasties, and the relationship between Legalists and Confucianism experienced a transition from conflict to integration. Based on a specific historical position, Meng Wentong’s interpretation of pre-Qin legalists provided an important mirror for contemporary academic circles to understand legalists.