汉初时代转型与《淮南子》的学术境遇

汉初的时代转型,有着如下特质:在社会经济状况方面,经历了从“休养生息”到“争于奢侈”的过程;在政治局势上,由“诸侯割据”演化为“强干弱枝”政策的全面推行;在思想与学术方面,“黄老擅权”的状况转变为“儒术独尊”之势。《淮南子》之所以未受当政者的推崇,主要原因即在于未能合乎时代转型之需。

The Epoch Transition of the Early Han Dynasty and the Academic Lot of Huainanzi

The epoch transition of the early Han Dynasty was of the following features.In the socio-economic context,a period of recuperation and rehabilitation was changed into that of competition for extravagance;in terms of the political situation,the separatist rule by rival principalities had been headed into the all-round enforcement of the policy of strengthening the central administration and weakening the local authorities;in the aspect of ideology and academics,the status of " the classical Taoist concept's holding way" had been transformed into that of "Confucianism lording it over all other schools of thought" The reason why Huainanzi did not enjoy support from the people in authority lied in that it failed to get in line with the needs of the epoch transition.