两汉天命论:皇权政治的双刃剑

The Theory of Fate in the Eastern and Western Han Dynasties——A Political Double-Edged Sword of Imperial Authority

两汉以天人感应、灾异谴告为重要内容的天命论,是皇权政治的双刃剑。其既为皇权天授、皇权至上和汉代大一统政治格局奠定了意识形态基础,又对皇权政治具有一定制约功能和内省作用。其作为一种政治思想和哲学,不仅包含着传统的王道仁政和德治民本理论,而且也蕴涵着儒学士人对制度安排与政治设计的积极努力和理论思想构架。

In the Eastern and Western Han dynasties, the theory of fate about the interaction between heaven and man, about the disaster and condemnation, is a political double-edged sword of imperial authority, not only laying an ideological foundation for the supreme, divine authority of emperors, laying an ideological foundation for the complete unification of political situation, but also functioning, self-questioning to the imperial politics. And the theory includes both the ideas of traditional benevolent government and popular political measures, and Confucian views on political systems.