《诗经》早期书写与口头传播: 近期欧美汉学界的论争及其背景

Western scholarship has recently witnessed a heated dispute over the oral transmission and writing of The Book of Odes (《诗经》), and the two sides are respectively represented by Sinologists Martin Kern (柯马丁) and Edward L. Shaughnessy (夏含夷). This dispute was originated not only from the substantial unearthed manuscripts, but also from the context of both Western scholars’ studies of ancient Greek culture and Sinologists’ rethinking of text production in early China. Western scholarship on Western civilization itself plays a vital role in the formation of the concern over China studies. The development of Western scholarship can shed a new light on Sinology, but it is still a problem how to balance the new perspective and Chinese materials.