性的現代轉型：一個關鍵詞的研究

The Modern Transformation of Xing: the Study of a Keyword

李學明(Hsueh-Ming Li)

指導教授 ： 楊芳燕

國立臺灣大學/文學院/中國文學研究所/碩士(2017年)

https://doi.org/10.6342/NTU201703721

摘要

本文將性字的主要語義由傳統的本能、本質轉型為現代的Sex新義之歷史過程稱作「性的現代轉型」，以關鍵詞的研究方法，觀察做為關鍵詞的「性」，其含義如何在歷史中發展與變化。
　　傳統上性字具有「生之所受」和「內在超越」兩種含義，先秦兩漢時期，生之所受的基本含義內隱含了內在超越的特殊含義；經過魏晉唐宋以降佛經的翻譯與理學的興起後，內在超越勝過了生之所受，形成二元階序化的性論。被理學家視為真正的性的「內在超越」從明清以降逐漸受到思想家的反對，儘管反理學思潮在明清時期不是主流，卻在清末民初知識份子的推崇與改造之下，成為轉型時期用以結合傳統與西學的性論資源。
　　在既有性論架構鬆動的同時，晚清逐漸出現翻譯Sex的性字新義，然而其用法不若其他新名詞一般普及。到了1920年代，性中心論的興盛使得作為Sex的性被熱烈討論，讓性具有正面、根源的價值意涵，得以與舊義的地位相若，並在主流語義上取而代之，終使性的現代轉型完成。

關鍵字

性 ； 現代轉型 ； 關鍵詞 ； 傳統 ； 現代

並列摘要

This thesis investigates "the modern transformation of Xing," which means the historical process of transformation of main semantic meaning of Chinese character "Xing," from instinct and nature in tradition to sex in modern life. This thesis studies how the semantic meaning of "Xing," one of keywords in Chinese, developed and transformed in history by the research method of keywords.
In tradition, Xing had two meaning: "given things in birth" and "inner transcendence," and the former was the basic meaning of Xing in Pre-Qin and Han Dynasty, but implied the later meaning; after the translation of Buddhist Scripture and the rise of Li-Hsueh in Wei-Jin and Tang-Sung Dynasty, the later meaning placed itself above the former, and there was a binary order in discussion of Xing. The meaning of "inner transcendence" considered the true Xing by Li-Hsueh thinkers, was gradually rejected by thinkers since Ming-Qing Dynasty. Though the anti-Li-Hsueh trend of thought was not the mainstream trend in Ming-Qing Dynasty, it was praised and reconstructed by intellectuals in late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, and became the resource to integrate tradition thought and Western learning in transformation period.
When the old structure of thought of Xing was tottering, in the meantime, there was the new meaning of Xing translating sex in late Qing Dynasty. However, this new meaning did not popular like other new nouns. Until 1920s, the rise of the centrism of sex made widespread discussion of sex, by Chinese character Xing, and Xing meaning sex was considered the positive origin of life, world, culture and society. In consequence, the new meaning of Xing could replace the old in main semantic meaning, and the modern transformation of Xing was completed.

並列關鍵字

Xing ； modern transformation ； keyword ； tradition ； modernity

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