刘蓉学术思想述评

刘蓉是湘军集团的元老之一,以才学抱负素著声名。他治学以程朱为归,力排汉学之穿凿,亦不取陆王之禅悟。由于尊奉程朱理学,他进而崇尚礼学,倡导礼治。其学术思想宏扬了湖湘学风,促进了咸同年间程朱理学的复兴,也对晚清思想界产生了一定的影响。

A Discussion On the Academic Thought of Liu Rong

Liu Rong, who was an important member of the founders of the Xiang Jun Jituan (the local recruited military forces group of Hunan Province in the Late Qing Dynasty), was familiar with his erudition and ambition in the society of late Qing Dynasty. On the aspect of study, he defend the sect of Cheng-Zhu Idea of Li tenaciously, at the same time, he excluded the strained interpretation of Sinology and the deep meditation of Lu-Wang' theory. Because he abided strictly by Cheng-Zhu Idea of Li, what's more, he adorned the Rite,he made great contribution to the revival of Cheng-Zhu Idea of Li in the Xianfeng and Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, also enhanced the characteristics of the style of study of Hunan. His academic thought exerted far-reaching influence to the realm of ideology of Hunan in late Qing Dynasty.