晚明《成唯識論》註釋傳統的重新建構 — 數位量化人文的視角=How Was the Commentarial Tradition of Cheng Weishi Lun Rebuilt in Late-Ming? The Quantitative Perspective of Digital Humanities
This article attempts to investigate a rare historical phenomenon ‒ how did late-Ming commentators rebuild the interrupted commentarial tradition of the Cheng Weishi Lun? Due to overemphasis on orthodoxy and continuity of traditions, previous related studies might seem tended to overlook malleability and contemporality of traditions. Thus, this study would like to draw more attention to how malleable a commentarial tradition rebuilding could be in a contemporary manner. Different from conventional research methods to study the Cheng Weishi Lun and its commentaries, this study decides to conduct comprehensive cross-readings and comparisons among texts in a limited scope. Moreover, a quantitative analysis of digital humanities is adopted in order to better understand and explain the targeted historical phenomenon that used to be diffi cult to deal with in the era of pre-digital humanities. From the quantitative perspective of digital humanities, this article would be able to expound in a more concrete way how the commentarial tradition rebuilding in the late-Ming took stages and community work, what the value of Wang Kentang’s commentary as a reference of “textual reuse” would be, and what implication of the commentarial tradition rebuilding under the veil of ignorance would be. The intention of this study is to bring back or to reinforce the awareness that the commentarial traditions are more human constructs than being given.
