晚明东林学派与无善无恶说之争

Dong lin School and the Argument on the Theory of “no evil and no good” in the late Qing Dynasty

晚明是中国历史、同时也是中国思想史上一个天崩地坼的大裂变时期 ,由于传统程朱理学的僵化、王学的分化 ,以及古学复兴的曙光、西学输入的新潮等 ,整个社会生活及思想观念呈一片混乱无序而又异彩纷呈的局面。其间“以朱为宗”、力倡性善的东林学派与王学末流、尤其是无善无恶说之间的论辩无疑乃是晚明思想界的一大公案 ,对其所由以论辩的原由、其论辩的实质等作一个梳理 ,乃是帮助我们更好地理解、把握晚明社会及其思想状况的一把钥匙。

There was a great confusion and variety in thoughts and in society in the late Qing Dynasty.The argument between Dong lin school which advocated the theory that man was good and Wang school which proposed the theory of“no evil and no good”became very heated in ideological circle.Making clear the cause,essence of the argument is a key to understanding the social and ideological situation of the late Qing Dynasty.