Hsiao Kung-ch'?an and the Study of the History of Chinese Political Thought
Resource
臺大歷史學報, 27, 151-185
Journal
臺大歷史學報
Journal Issue
27
Pages
151-185
Date Issued
2001-06
Date
2001-06
Author(s)
Huang, C.C.
Abstract
This article attempts at an analysis of Hsiao Kung-ch'?an's (1897~1981) study of history of Chinese political thought. After sketching Hsiao's biography (section 1), we discuss the background pertaining to Hsiao's teaching career and his preparation for the writing of A History of Chinese Political Thought (published in 1945) in section 2. Section 3 delineates Hsiao's analysis of the defining characteristics and his periodization of China's political thought. Section 4 considers Hsiao's study of China's political thought in the context of Chinese and Western scholarship recounting the study of political thought. We conclude that Hsiao is methodologically inclined to "contextualism." However, the problem of value remains the core issue in Hsiao's world of thought. It is in this sense that we may say Hsiao is a syncretist in cultural and methodological senses.
Subjects
蕭公權
中國政治思想史
脈絡主義
折衷主義
Hsiao Kung-ch'?an
Chinese political thought
contextualism
syncretism
Type
journal article