嚴復與《居仁日覽》

Yan Fu and Daily Reading for Abiding in Benevolence

黃克武(Ko-Wu Huang)

《臺灣師大歷史學報》 39期 (2008/06) Pp. 57-74

摘要

本文利用文獻與數位資料庫探討嚴復在《居仁日覽》中有哪些譯作、追溯其文本淵源，並討論這些文章對嚴復思想的影響。文中指出嚴復從事翻譯工作的主要時間是在1915年的4月至6月，而嚴復在《居仁日覽》中的翻譯作品主要出於英國倫敦的《泰唔士報》與《每日記事報》。此項翻譯工作增加了嚴復對世界局勢的瞭解，使他在1916-1917年之際，駁斥了嚴守中立、反對參戰的說法，提出理性務實的參戰主張。其次，由於對於歐戰的深入考察，包括對德軍在戰場上的殘暴行為的認識，也激發出嚴復對國內外戰爭的批判與對人道主義的倡導。他進而反省西方科學畸形發展、愛國主義與種族之爭所導致的殘酷戰爭，企望回歸中國傳統。嚴復的此一看法與1920年代之後梁啟超和梁漱溟之觀點十分類似。

關鍵字

嚴復 ； 袁世凱 ； 居仁日覽 ； 歐戰

並列摘要

This paper explores Yan Fu's translations in Juren rilan (Daily Reading for Abiding in Benevolence), traces their textual origins, and discusses the influence they might have exerted on Yan's thought by using textual and digitized sources. The author points out that Yan carried out these translations in April to June of 1915, mainly based on articles in The Times and The Daily Chronicle of London. This job increased Yan's understanding of current affairs in the world and especially of World War One in Europe. In 1916-1917, based on his knowledge of the war, Yan criticized views favoring neutrality or opposing China's participation in the war, and suggested, in a practical and rational way, that China should participate. At the same time, due to his deep investigation of the European war and especially the atrocities committed by the German Army, he criticized the deformed development of Western science and the brutal war originating from patriotism and racial competition; therefore, he suggested embracing Chinese tradition to cure these diseases, a stance which was very similar to the views of Liang Qichao and Liang Shuming in the 1920s.

並列關鍵字

Yan Fu ； Yuan Shikai ； Juren rilan ； World War One

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