由東漢盛世學風論儒家知識分子的地位與處境

The Situation Faced by the Confucian Literates in Eastern Han Dynasty and How They Dealt with the Academic Climate of Their Time

王季香(Chi-Hsiang Wang)

《應華學報》 4期 (2008/12) Pp. 15-58

https://doi.org/10.6391/JAC.200812.0015

摘要

儒家建制始於西漢，建制化對於儒學的發展究竟是助力還是阻力，歷來學者的看法不一。本文擬將此一問題回歸歷史層面來看，故而選擇東漢光武帝(25-57)到章帝(76-88)之間，史稱東漢盛世時期的學風為研究對象，探討當時儒家知識分子的地位與處境。了解值此政治盛世並為經學勃興的時代，是否沐浴在儒風中？儒家知識分子是否受到君上重用？並對照當時的儒者，清楚顯影東漢儒家知識分子的圖像，一則瞭解儒學在漢代的發展情形，一則探析東漢學風和儒家知識分子的互動關係。從而釐清儒家和制度化的助力或阻力關係，試圖找出儒學的發展前景和儒家知識分子的可能出路。

關鍵字

東漢盛世 ； 儒家 ； 建制 ； 知識分子

並列摘要

The Confucian school had become a well-known discipline early in the Period of Warring States. However, it was not until Han Dynasty when Emperor Wu devaluated all the other disciplines while appreciating the Confucian school and after that the Confucian philosophy had became the mainstream of Chinese culture. When it comes to the development of the Confucian school, some argue that the systemization of Han literates facilitated the development of the Confucian school while some believe otherwise. Both had predicted how the Confucian school would develop based on their stance on whether such systemization acted as a facilitator or resistant. Though the above two stances are supported by evidence, they both fail to consider the historical background of the systemization at the Confucian school. This research intends to discuss the situation faced by the Confucian literates during the most flourishing period of Eastern Han Dynast) (25A.D.-88A.D.) and how those Confucian liteiates dealt with the academic climate of their time in order to understand the development of the Confucian school in Han Dynasty and to have a closer look at how the Confucian literates interacted with the academic climate of their time. From such historical perspective, I would like to clarify the relation between the systemization and the development of the Confucian school to find out the possible developing directions of modern Confucian literates.

並列關鍵字

Eastern Han Dynasty ； the Confucian School ； Systemization ； Literates