华东师范大学学报(哲学社会科学版) ›› 2020, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (6): 45-54.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2020.06.006

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王元化的思想底色以及理性观的转变

许纪霖   

  1. 华东师范大学中国现代思想文化研究所(上海, 200241)
  • 发布日期:2020-11-23
  • 作者简介:许纪霖,华东师范大学中国现代思想文化研究所研究员、历史系教授(上海,200241)。

The Undertone of WANG Yuan-hua's Thought and the Change of His Concept of Reason

XU Ji-lin   

  • Published:2020-11-23

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摘要： 王元化是五四之子，属于一二九一代革命知识分子。在他的青年时代，之所以参加革命，除了亡国灭种危机的刺激之外，乃是基于追求自由的英雄主义人格和对底层民众的同情怜悯。19世纪的俄国文学以及罗曼·罗兰奠定了他的思想底色：人道主义信念。在20世纪50年代中期，通过阅读黑格尔，在意志与情感的力量之外，他又获得了理性的反思能力。到20世纪90年代，顾准思想的启发和对黑格尔的反思，王元化的理性观和研究方法论，经历了一场从唯理主义到经验主义的转变，其中也与他对中国思想中宋学的反思与回归清学传统有关。而促成这场理性大转变的，除了外在的历史因素之外，正是王元化终身信奉的人道主义信念。

关键词: 王元化, 人道主义, 英雄主义, 黑格尔哲学, 唯理主义, 经验主义

Abstract: WANG Yuan-hua was a son of the May 4th period and a revolutionary intellectual of the December 9th Movement. In his youth, he joined in the revolution not only because of the stimuli of the crisis of national subjugation and genocide, but also because of his heroic personality that pursued freedom and his sympathy for common people. Russian literature in the 19th century and Romain Rolland helped to form the undertone of his thought, that is, humanism. By reading Hegel in the mid-1950s, he gained the ability of rational reflection besides the power of will and emotion. With the inspiration from GU Zhun and his reflection on Hegel in the 1990s, WANG's concept of reason and research methodology experienced a transformation from rationalism to empiricism. This was also related to his reflection on the studies of the Song Dynasty and returning to the studies of the Qing Dynasty. What contributed to this shift of reason, besides external historical factors, was the belief in humanism that WANG had persisted for all his life.

Key words: WANG Yuan-hua, humanism, heroism, philosophy of Hegel, rationalism, empiricism