领域的拓展与方法的更新--论《中国思想家评传丛书》的思想史意义

由匡亚明教授主编的《中国思想家评传丛书》,实是一种侧重从思想的角度对不同历史时期、不同领域和学科的杰出人物进行评述,并进而深入探讨和揭示中国思想史乃至整个中国传统思想文化的总体面貌和内在理论结构体系以及发展演变规律的思想史研究。其研究范围的拓展、理论体系的建构和研究方法的注意从人物的业绩和事功中抽象出思想、注重兼融与交叉以及其独特的评传形式,在中国思想史的研究上具有重要的价值和意义。

The Significance of The Critical Biographies of Chinese Thinkers on Intellectual History

By reviewing mainly the thoughts of outstanding historical figures of different historical stages and different fields of study, the Critical Biographies Chinese Thinkers , edited by Kuang Yarning, is a research on the Chinese intellectual history and even the general framework, the internal theoretical structure and the pattern of development of the overall Chinese intellectual tradition. The expansion of research scope, the construction of the theoretical system and the improvement in research methodology are of great value and significance to the research to Chinese intellectual history.