从《周书》看西周时期的人性思想

The Thoughts of Western Zhou Dynasty in the Zhoushu

对于原始人性善恶的问题,西周人并没有明确界定,但我们通过对《周书》的考察,可以从他们的言论中推论出其对原始人性的看法。西周人看到现实人性中包含恶的部分,主张以德为主要指导原则,通过教育的方法改造现实人性中的恶,以达到巩固统治的目的。

To the primitive human nature of good and evil, there were not clear definition in Western Zhou Dynasty, but studying the Zhoushu, We could reason their opinions of the primitive human nature from their words. Because the people of Western Zhou Dynasty understood the evil of the realistic human nature. They advocated the moral as the main guiding principles to change the evil of the realistic human nature by education, in order to achieve the consolidation of their rule.