洪良品的古文《尚書》辨真理論 = Hong Liang-Pin’s Theory of Authenticating Old Text Shang Shu

Contemporary Sang-shu(尚書) research, affected by the scientific spirit and method emphasized by scholars from the beginning of the Republican period, has tended to focus on the fruits of bian-wei(辨偽). This has unfortunately led to a relative ignorance of the possible diversity present in late Qing dynasty Sang-shu studies, especially the works concerning bian-zhen(辨真), which take the opposite view of bian-wei. To approach this lack in scholarship, this paper attempts to return to the background of the Qing intellectual environment to observe the development of Sang-shu studies. I take Hong Liang-pin’s(洪良品) works as my main example since they were completed later and integrate numerous materials. I then compare them with bian-wei works. In this way, I hope to break through the recent views of Qing dynasty Sang-shu studies, and see its development from a wider angle to provide a new point of view from which to observe the bian-zhen and bian-wei debate. Together this will help us better construct and understand Qing intellectual history.