新汉学”的回顾与前瞻——学术史研究新角度

陈珏
台湾清华大学

本世纪“新汉学”的首次提出，始于一位政界人士：澳洲前总理陆克文。此后，又有其他国家的非学术界重要人士也相继提出“新汉学”的说法，彼此有同有异。这些“异中有同”、“同中有异”的说法，以“润物细无声”的方式，渐渐通过传媒，融合成一个貌似完整而其实模糊的观念，潜入到一般大众的意识中。“新汉学”的种种提法，由非学术界的重要人士率先提出，说明了在新世纪中国文化全球崛起的潮流下，社会各界人士关注“汉学”的心态。同时也说明了，从学术史的角度，讨论“新汉学”的观念，已经是一件应该提到日程上的事情了。

众所周知，清华汉学研究的传统源远流长。笔者在2010年至2011年间主持执行两岸清华“汉学的典范转移”合作研究计划，适逢清华百年校庆，依托两岸清华这一学术共同体，提出“新汉学”初步规划，创办“新汉学”全球论坛，预计以十年时间，与国际顶尖学者一起，深入全面讨论与发展“新汉学”的体系和理论，期望能使这个业外人士提出的重要观念，真正具有学术的价值和意义。

本文作为一篇学术史的论文，回顾“新汉学”由国际间各位非学术界重要人士相继提出的始末与历史背景，分析其内涵的异同。同时，回顾“新汉学”论坛从台北走向全球的创办的理念与规划，并通过回顾而展望 “新汉学”未来发展的方向。

Looking at the Past and Future Prospects of “New Sinology”：A New Perspective of the History of Academic Studies

Chen Jue
National Tsing Hua University

The term “new sinology” appeared for the first time in the 21^st century, originating from a politician, the former premier of Australia, Mr. Kevin Rudd. Thereafter, some important people from other countries from outside the academic community also began to use the term “new sinology,” although their understandings of its meaning differed. The use of this term with “differences and similarities” was taken up by the media and gradually formed a vague idea that seemed to be complete but in fact lacked a common core. Moreover, this vague idea has slipped into the consciousness of the wider public. The different concepts connected with “new sinology” have been used first by non-academics, which seems to show that people from all social strata are more concerned for “sinology” in the growing global interest in Chinese culture. This also shows that, seen from the academic perspective, the discussion of the idea of “new sinology” should be considered one topic on the agenda of discussion.

Tsinghua University has a long academic tradition of sinological research. The author has organized a study project of the two Tsinghua Universities from both sides of the Taiwan Strait in researching the “paradigm shift of sinology,” which coincided with the 100 years anniversary of the founding of Tsinghua. Based on the scholarly community of the two Tsinghua Universities, we have presented a first plan of “new sinology” and have created a global platform of “new sinology,” and we have planned to discuss and to develop the system and theory of “new sinology” in the next ten years together with leading international scholars. We hope that this important idea, first articulated by non-experts, will thus be filled with academic value and meaning.

This essay is a study concerning academic history, tracing the origin, development and historical background of the concepts of “new sinology” raised by different important people coming from the non-academic world, and analyzing the common elements and differences hidden in this concept. At the same time I will review the idea and project of the “new sinology” discussion platform as it developed from Taipei to a global project, and this retrospective exploration into its history will also reveal the future direction of developments in “new sinology.”