| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 哲學研究所 === 107 === This thesis aims to discuss Jia Yi’s understanding of the concepts of Li (ritual and social norm) during the Warring States to early Han period, and to construct a distinctive theory of Li of that time. The author hopes that this research can help to clarify the atmosphere of academic and political thoughts in the early Han period. This thesis adopts so-called “History of Ideas” method to analyze characteristics of both the concepts and theory of Li in Jia Yi Xinshu (賈誼新書, hereinafter referred to as Xinshu). It tries to prove the point that the theoretical goal for its author was to make the world of human be harmonious with that of nature.
This thesis will analyze the concepts and the theory of Li through the following four steps: Firstly, delineating all the usages of the term of Li in Xinshu. Secondly, detecting the textual sources if those instances of Li were quoted from other pre-Qin literatures, e.g., the Guanzi, Mr. Lu’s Spring and Autumn Annals, Zuo’s Commentary to the Spring and Autumn Annals, Guoyu and so on. Thirdly, elaborating the particular concepts and contents of Li, which might have been proposed by the author of Xinshu. Here, I point out that the main connotation of the theory of Li constructed in the Xinshu was that the world of human works in harmony with the world of nature. Fourth, comparing the contents of the theory of Li in Xinshu with those in the Guanzi and the Xunzi, detecting possible theoretical influence by them.
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