The Research Of Wei Yuan's Laozi Original Meaning

This article is the special study to Wei Yuan's Laozi original meaning. It mainly discusses four aspects:First, introduce Wei Yuan's life and living environment. Through analyze home environment, study experience, life era of Wei Yuan, seek the cause of Laozi original meaning. Good education and proactive family spirit are the knowledge and thought foundation of Wei Yuan's note of Laozi. The method of pursuing scholarly work to form for a long time, has influenced the characteristic of Laozi original meaning.The social crisis with increasing intensity daily is the realistic reason of his note.Second, investigate becoming the time and spreading of Laozi original meaning. Because of lacking the evidence of the essential characters material, can only infer Laozi original meaning is the immature doing, still revising until old age. Meanwhile, also introduce all Laozi original meaning editions, think they can be divided into two major systems: "have preface " and"no preface".Third, from divide chapter, sentences and phrases, collate, phonetic notation, rhyme, explanatory note content in Laozi original meaning make detailed analysis. 1. Wei Yuan divided Laozi into 68 chapter divide chapter, originally receiving Wu Cheng's influence, but not as same as his. 2. Wei Yuan to some sentence of different from others pause in readings, reveal. his own view. 3. Remember the way, make use of four respects of content, method, note of fruiting of collating, used materials to analyze that collates. 4. There is less harmonious sounds knowledge used, confine to the relevant knowledge that rhyme with the phonetic notation. There are specific places that give a strained interpretation. 5. Wei Yuan thinks Laozi is a book which rescues generation.Finally,I consider that the value of Wei Yuan's Laozi original meaning mainly lies in four aspects : 1.From "rescue generation" angle dissect Laozi thought is different to the ordinary person . 2. Explanatory note content overall, note write form to be in neat formation. 3.Not only pay attention to collating, but also to explain. 4. In...