| Summary: | 碩士 === 世新大學 === 中國文學研究所 === 98 === Ma Qi-chang, a scholar in the Qing Dynasty, was honored as a successful writer in the late years of Tongchen school. He studied many classical and historical works and wrote the book Zhuang Zi Gu, which won the recognition and reputation at that time. As a scholar in Han Confucianism and an apprentice of Tongchen school, his studies combined the characteristics of Han Confucianism with those of Song Confucianism. Because he did not limit his studies to specific fields, he collected 193 kinds of literature in his book Zhuang Zi Gu, which provided the most comprehensive annotations of Zhuangzi in the Qing Dynasty.
This study generalizes and compares the annotations. It further examines the annotation effectiveness of Zhuang Zi Gu by comparing the annotations of Zhuangzi in all dynasties with those in this book, in order to demonstrate the uniqueness and restrictions in the content of the book. In terms of the content of annotations, the book referred to a large amount of literature for the textual criticism on pronunciation and meaning. Moreover, the book also focuses on the framework connection of chapters and their main ideas, and examines the argumentation in Zhuangzi from more comprehensive perspectives of different fields. However, owing to the influence of the main objective of Tongchen school, conciseness, Ma had eliminated, condensed, and amended many documents to compile his own annotations of Zhuangzi.
As opposed to other annotations in the same period, Ma’s Zhuang Zi Gu is different from Wang Xian-qian’s Zhuang Zi Ji Jie, which should be amended because many fallacies are involved. It is also different from Kuo Ching-fan’s Zhuang Zi Ji Shi, which adopts more opinions from other scholars, lacks personal opinion, and seldom adopts the opinions from the scholars in the Song and Ming Dynasties. In regard to the scale of interpretation or annotation effectiveness, the value of Zhuang Zi Gu exceeds that of others in the same period.
The academic value of Zhuang Zi Gu is undeniable. Fewer scholars are studying it because more scholars prefer to refer to Yen Fu’s Zhuang Zi Ping Dian, Chien Mu’s Zhuang Zi Zuan Jian, and Hu Yuan-jun’s Zhuang Zi Quan Gu. Zhuang Zi Gu has been passed on from generations to generations in another form until the present. In addition, because the study of Wang Su-min’s Zhuang Zi Jiao Quan has become a leading trend in the study of Zhuangzi, it is certain that the study of Ma’s Zhuang Zi Gu has gradually declined. The focus of the study is to evaluate the academic content and value of this book, and clarifies the development of annotations of Zhuangzi in modern times, in order to solve the doubts about the thought of Zhuangzi. It is hoped that the modern perspective of the study may contribute to relevant studies on Zhuangzi.
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