范尉曾（1894-1960），字耕研，江蘇淮陰人，畢業於南京師範高等學校，曾受學於柳詒徵（1880-1956），畢業後即擔任中學教師，對國學研究極感興趣，著述不輟，對《莊子》用力尤深，著有《莊子章旨》、《莊子詁義》、《莊子詁義全稿》、《莊子音》。本文先介紹范耕研治《莊》之歷程，再從三項論題切入，探析其《莊子》研究之特點：一、范耕研受章太炎（1869-1936）影響，帶有「以佛解莊」之傾向，對於莊子與釋、儒、老之學說異同之辨析，多言莊子與釋氏之同，於莊子與儒、老則重其異。二、范耕研主張《莊子》一書「旨在救世，切於人事」，故針對人世之紛亂，指示應世之道，特別強調莊子雖尊生，然不以屈辱之生為貴。三、范耕研將《莊子》之「知」區分為「知識」與「真知」兩層，指出莊子雖反對追逐知識，然並非排斥器用進化，亦非贊成愚蒙。至於「真知」則是不待辯而自明，並非無是無非，世人妄見雖深，然可經由持續「明辨」而漸得其真。大體而言，范耕研治《莊》以章句訓詁為本，間亦就義理進行推闡，除承繼前人考據成果外，又吸收並反省民初以降之學術成果，並融入了個人身世感懷，具有鮮明的時代色彩，值得進一步探究

Fan Gengyan (1894-1960) is a little known scholar in the early Republic of China. He had annotated many ancient Chinese classics such as I Ching, Mozi, Lüshi chunqiu, etc. Among all his works, the studies of Zhuangzi may be the most representative. Fan was interested in it since a yang age. Even during the Anti-Japanese War, he kept researching and writing many manuscripts that were published as Zhuangzi Zhangzhi, Zhuangzi Guyi Quangao, and Zhuangzi Yin. His works based on explanations of words and text interpretation. Influenced by Zhang Taiyan(1869-1936), Fan had a tendency to interpret Zhuangzi with Buddhism. One of the characteristics in his explanatory notes is to stress the similarity between Zhuangzi and Buddhism and the difference among Zhuangzi, Confucianism, and Laozi. Another characteristic is that Fan believed the main concern of Zhuangzi was to help people to deal with the complicated and difficult situations in their lives. He emphasized that Zhuangzi’s concern about how to live smoothly did not mean that one should go through all sorts of indignities. Besides, he tried to explore two different levels of “zhi (知)”- knowledge and truth. Although Zhuangzi was opposed to the pursuit of knowledge, he was neither opposed to the development of artifacts, nor in favor of ignorance. As for “truth”, it is self-evident, and there is no need to argue about it. Fan’s studies of Zhuangzi have distinct characteristics of the times both in the method and concept and are really worth further exploration