試評中國學者關於《太平經》的研究

An Analysis of the History of Chinese Study of the Taiping Jing

黎志添(Lai Chi Tim)

《中國文化研究所學報》 新5期 (1996/01) Pp. 297-318

https://doi.org/10.29708/JCS.CUHK.199601_(5).0013

並列摘要

This paper aims at an in-depth analysis the Chinese scholarship on the Taiping jing since 1935. By so doing, the author attempts to summarize the achievement and problematic of their study on this Daoist classic. This paper will first outline the three stages of development in the Chinese study of the Taiping jing. Secondly, it will analyse three major areas of discussion among Chinese scholars about the contents, themes, and transmission of the book, namely, (1) the formation and transmission of the book; (2) the socio-political thought contained in the book and the relationship of the existing three different literary genres; (3) the religious value system of the book, especially the idea of ＂inheritance of sins＂ (承負) Finally, by detailing the history of the study of the Taiping jing by Chinese scholars, this paper further lays out some of the unexplored areas for the future study of the book.