郭嵩焘的“诚论”对湖湘哲学的新开拓

New Development of Hu-Xiang Philosophy by Guo Songtao’s "Theory of Sincerity"

郭嵩焘从多层次论述了“诚”的意义结构,并由此重塑了“圣贤—豪杰”型理想人格,凸显了人在天人之道中的主体性地位,使“诚”成为道论与社会政治思想的基本观念,尤其在实践中开启了中国外交、教育的近代化。同时,郭氏颇具特色的“诚论”也开拓了湖湘哲学的新境界。

Guo Songtao discussed the meaning structure of"sincerity"from multiple levels,and thus reshaped the ideal personality of sages and heroes,highlighted the subjective status of man in the Taoist of nature and man,made sincerity the basic concept of Taoist theory and social and political thought,and especially opened the modernization of China’s diplomacy and education in practice.At the same time,Guo’s characteristic sincerity theory also opened up a new realm of Hu-Xiang philosophy.