严复“群学”的社会学内涵表现为一种“民”与“群”的互动互塑与聚散离合的基本原理。具体而言，严复一方面从西学进入，通过建构“新民德”重构国民素质和社会秩序；另一方面从中学进入，通过调适“旧礼治”教化国民心性、维系社会秩序。总体来说，严复“群学”包含一种关于人性生成与社会演化的道德社会学路径。并且，严复也一直在“民群互构”“以译代著”“会通中西”三者结合的社会学方法论立场下寻求国民再造、国家出路与文化自觉。

The sociological connotation of Yan Fu's "qunxue" manifests as a basic principle of the mutual interaction and construction, and the aggregation and dispersion, of "min" (individual) and "qun" (society). Specifically, on the one hand, from the Western learning perspective, Yan Fu sought to reconfigure national character and social order by constructing "new mores" (xin minde) ; on the other hand, from the Chinese tradition, he adapted "old rites" (jiu lizhi) to cultivate civic disposition and sustain social cohesion. Overall, his "qunxue" embodies a moral sociological approach to human nature formation and social evolution. Moreover, Yan Fu sought national reconstruction, national development, and cultural consciousness through a sociological methodology integrating "the co-constitution of min and qun", "translation instead of creation", and "Sino- Western synthesis".

本文系教育部人文社会科学研究青年项目“严复‘群学’思想及其当代价值研究”（20XJC840003）的阶段性成果。

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