经世致用与老子思想的融合——魏源《老子本义》思想剖析

The Combination of "Applications of Tsaoism to the Rule of a country" and the Thought of Lao Zi ——A Dissection of Wei Yuan's Lao Zi Ben Yi

魏源从今文经学经世致用的原则出发,对老子的思想进行了新诠解,并视《老子》为“救世之书”。他又结合自己的时代特点,对老子的社会政治价值进行了深入挖掘,对“自然无为”、“无欲为体,无为为用”、“慈、俭、不敢为天下先”、“小国寡民”等思想作出了新的诠解,体现出强烈的忧患意识与救世情怀,实现了对老子思想的超越,也开启了近代道家思想研究的新阶段。

Wei Yuan expounded the thought of Lao Zi in terms of the principle of 'applications of Tsaoism to the rule of a country' and regarded Lao Zi as 'the book which can be used to rescue the world'. He studied further the social and political values of Lao Zi by elaborating on such categories as 'take no action', 'no desire', 'compassion, restraint and unimportance' and 'small community with a few people', showing his strong suffering consciousness and rescuing the world.These are superior to the thought of Lao Zi and opened a new stage of modern thought of Taoist studies.