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- Title
「不通德行,不足以從政」: 試論錢穆《中國近三百年學術史》 表彰曾國藩之原因.
- Authors
許 惠 琪
- Abstract
Current studies have pointed out the reason why Qian Mu (1895-1990) showed admiration for Zeng Guofan (1811-1872) in his Chinese Academics History of the Recent 300 Years (Zhongguo Jin Sanbainian Xueshushi) was that Zeng's academic tradition followed Cheng Zhu Lixue (Cheng-Zhu Learning). Such tradition coincided with Qian's standpoints about the "Han Song Men Hu Zhi Jian" (Han-Songs factions). This explanation is credible, but has not taken into account the historical context of Qian's contemporary scholarship. This article demonstrates that Qian's admiration originated not only from his favor on Zheng's training of Song Xue (Song Learning), but also from the political ideal of the two unions of Ming Ti and Da Yong and Sheng De and Da Ye in the Song Dynasty. Unlike the traditional Chinese political thought, the rationale of the western constitutionalism implied strong suspicion of rulers' morality. In China, "Professional Political Principles" could be a solution on a matter of laws in addition to "Morality (one of the four branches of Confucian scholarship)." It was unavoidable that Qian Mu had projected the historical context of his own time into his comments on Zeng Guofan's work and raised questions accordingly. The western politics valued laws. Additionally, religions functioned as a device to enhance morality. On the contrary, China was less religious. How could the politics of China be completely westernized? At the end, this study made comments on the strengths and weaknesses of Qian Mu's political viewpoints.
- Subjects
CHINA; CHINESE history; QIAN Mu; ZENG, Guofan, 1811-1872; POLITICAL science; LAW &; politics
- Publication
Humanitas Taiwanica, 2017, Issue 88, p73
- ISSN
1015-2687
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.6258/bcla.2017.88.03