先秦诸子思想作为中国古代思想文化的重要源头,历来受到中外学者的重视。在美国汉学界,对先秦诸子的研究也是热点之一。美国汉学界的传统总的来说是重视历史的和社会学的方法,强调实证。这与欧洲学者比较偏重理论的风格有所不同。这种实证主义的 As an important source of ancient Chinese thought and culture, the thought of pre-Qin philosophers has always been valued by Chinese and foreign scholars. In the American Sinology, the study of pre-Qin philosophers is also one of the hot spots. The tradition of the American Sinology, in general, is a historical and sociological approach that emphasizes empirical evidence. This is somewhat different from the more scholarly style of European scholars. This positivist