Systematic Research in Fundamental Categories of Chinese Philosophy

中国哲学基本范畴的系统研究

• 批准号: 02301002
• 负责人: MIZOGUCHI Yuzo
• 金额: $ 1.54万
• 依托单位: The University of Tokyo
• 依托单位国家: 日本
• 项目类别: Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A)
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 日本
• 起止时间: 1990 至 1991
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-02301002/
• 关键词: Universe and Nature; Man and morality; Society and government; Religion and folkways; Learning and knowledge; Culture and art; Science and technology

The present joint research project consists of a diachronic study of the evolution of the basic concepts of Chinese thought, from ancient (pre-qin) times to the contemporary period. For example, the word "public"(ko, oyake) referred in ancient times simply to the community, but by the late Warring States period it had become associated with ideas of moral justice. Again, from the Song dynasty it became tied in with the concept of Heaven-ordained ethical norms or natural law. Then, in the modern period, the same word acquired associations with Western ideas of social equality.Over two thousand basic concepts have been selected for such diachronic study, divided into the following seven categories : "the universe and Nature, " "man and morality, " "society and government, " "religion and folkways, " "learning and knowledge, " "culture and art, " and "science and technology. "In the second year of the project, these concepts were further arranged in order of importance, and classified accordingly into four stages. The project participants produced draft manuscripts treating the items in the first two stages, which were discussed at three plenary meetings. As a result, it was determined that it would not be possible to extend the articles of stage 1 into the modern and contemporary periods within the original page limit for this stage (15 pages of 400-character manuscript paper). We have thus concluded that the value of this project will be significantly increased if the original objective of compiling a dictionary of the history of Chinese thought is put aside temporarily, and the completed manuscripts for the first two stages are published first as an explanatory manual of core concepts. We therefore propose to reorganize the above-mentioned seven categories into three blocks, and double the page limit for the articles in the first two stages. We expect to publish this initial volume within two to three years.

目前的联合研究项目包括对中国思想基本概念的演变进行历时性研究，从古代（先秦）到当代。例如，“公”（ko，oyake）一词在古代只是指共同体，但到了战国晚期，它已与道德正义的观念联系在一起。再次，从宋代开始，它与天命伦理规范或自然法的概念联系在一起。到了近代，这个词又与西方的社会平等观念联系在一起，我们选取了两千多个基本概念进行历时性研究，分为以下七类：“宇宙与自然“、“人与道德“、“社会与政府“、“宗教与民俗“、“学术与知识“、“文化与艺术“、“科学与技术”。“在计划的第二年，这些概念按重要性进一步排列，并相应地分为四个阶段。项目参与方编写了关于前两个阶段项目的草稿，在三次全体会议上进行了讨论。因此，确定不可能在本阶段原有页数限制（15页400字稿纸）内将第一阶段的文章延伸到近现代时期。因此，我们的结论是，如果暂不考虑编纂中国思想史词典的初衷，而先将前两个阶段的完成稿作为核心概念的解释手册出版，那么这个项目的价值将大大增加。因此，我们建议将上述七个类别重组为三个部分，并将前两个阶段的条款页数限制增加一倍。我们预计在两到三年内出版这本书的第一卷。