胡樸安於1928年成書之《詩經學》,係民國第一部提出「《詩經》學」一詞的專書。胡氏運用概論方式探討歷代《詩經》研究之流變,並透過闡釋《詩經》基本問題、歷代《詩經》學及《詩經》相關課題,如《詩經》之文字學、文章學、禮教學、史地學與博物學等面向,而後進一步臚列當時倘若研究《詩經》學,可資參考之書目。就中國變動時期(1912-1949)的《詩經》學研究而言,頗有幫助。然而,截至目前,僅有據該書探討其治學方法、通論該書的研究特色各一篇及為該書作注解之碩論一本,足見尚有繼續深入研究之空間。筆者在本文中,先對胡樸安在《詩經》基本問題、歷代《詩經》學流變與《詩經》相關議題之論述加以評析;其次,本文歸納胡氏治《詩》之特色,包括博采眾長而不專主一家之言、尊重《詩序》並視《詩經》為可從事周代社會文化研究之史料,以及對《詩經》學從事系統化研究等三項;再者,將胡樸安與同屬傳統科舉教育出身之劉師培、同屬皖籍學者之胡適,就三人對《詩經》之觀點進行比較研究,歸結彼等在歷代《詩經》學流變、《詩序》合理程度與《詩經》史料觀、《詩經》分類研究之界定等面向之異同,期能窺知胡樸安除小學、易學之外,在《詩經》方面,亦有一定價值之論述,值得吾人加以肯定。
Shih-Jing-Xue written by Hu Pu-An in 1928 is the first book to propose a vocabulary of Shih-Jing-Xue in 1912 through 1949. Mr.Hu used overview way to clarify the history of Shih-Jing, and analysis the research of Shih-Jing, such as words, articles, rituals, history and geography, natural history. This article discussed some characteristic of Hu's Shih-Jing-Xue including comprehensive understanding of various statements, emphasizing on Shih-Xu, and considering the Shih-Jing as the historical text. Then, comparing Hu Pu-An with Hu Shih and Liu Shih-Pei. As articles mentioned above, Hu's studies besides Yi-Jing and Words, Hu's Shih-Jing research also cannot be overlooked.