赵旭东 齐 钊
【内容提要】在已经开展的国内外费孝通研究中鲜有涉及对费孝通学士论文《亲迎婚俗之研究》的再考察与再分析,王铭铭所做的相关研究亦是其中的一例。他于近年来提出“三圈说”来反思中国社会科学研究,并对自己的“三圈说”以及“中间圈”进行了诸多的历史追溯与谱系建构工作,但遗憾的是,他却并未注意到费孝通在1933年的《亲迎婚俗之研究》一文,而这篇学士论文却恰恰已在具体经验研究的层面对王铭铭通过“三圈说”而主张和提倡的反思、对话与提升工作进行了实践。本文则是通过对费孝通的“三区论”与王铭铭的“三圈说”的比照分析,试图指出费孝通这篇学士论文的重要意义和价值,以期学界对此篇论文采取重视的态度,认真研读和学习。
【关键词】费孝通研究 亲迎 三区论 三圈说
Abstract:Among the studies of Fei Xiaotong both in China and overseas, few have noticed his bachelor thesis, A Study of the Custom of Bride-fetching in Chinese Wedding. Wang Mingming was no exception. In his recent research, Wang proposes the theory of “three rings”. He traces the historic origin of his theory, in particular that of the “intermediate ring”, in order to establish a pedigree, and he regretfully neglects Fei’s early text. As early as 1933, Fei’s thesis has anticipated in experiential terms what the theory of “three rings” now proposes for reflection and discussion. In this paper, we try to compare Fei’s theory of “three regions” with Wang’s theory of “three rings” in order to show how the former has foreshadowed the latter.
Keywords:studies of Fei Xiaotong, the custom of bride-fetching, the theory of “three regions”, the theory of “three rings”
另外,从论文中对多学科既有研究成果的引用,我们也可以看出费孝通当时对多学科所进行的综合。这些引用有中国古代典籍《仪礼》、《诗经》、《春秋经传集解》、《晋书》、《礼记》等,有王国维的《观堂集》,有蒋廷锡的《尚书地理今释》、余永梁的《易卦爻辞的时代及其作者》、谭其骧的《中国内地移民史——湖南篇》,也有李济的《中国民族的形成》(The Formation of the Chinese People)、史禄国的《北方通古斯的社会组织》(Social Organization of the Northern Tungus)、《华南和广东省的人类学》(Anthropology of Eastern China and Kwangtung Province)和《满族的社会组织》(Social Organization of the Manchus),还有李景汉的《定县社会概况调查》,等等。{53}