秦与西汉的民本思想与集权思想刍议

A Discussion on the Ideologies of Democracy and Centralization of State Power in the Qin and Xihan Dynasties

战国时期的君主集权思想,在秦与西汉的政治实践中得到了完善和加强,同时期的民本思想同样也有深厚的根源。两者看似对立,但由于都植根于中国农业型的经济基础,因而又存在着统一的一面。因此,在加强君主集权的前提下,如何使两者更为协调,以实现政府的长治久安,就成为后世统治者的一个不变的课题。

The ideology of centralization of power, formed during the Warring States Period, was perfected and reinforced in the Qin and Xihan dynasties while the ideology of democracy in the mean time was also deeply rooted. The two seemingly opposite ideologies are uniform, because both were rooted in the economic foundation of China's agriculture. Hence, for later rulers, the coordination of the two for a stable and eternal government would be a permanent problem.