《孟子》“不动心”章发微

Probing into What Lies behind the Chapter “Bu Dong Xin——" in Mencius

孟子的“不动心”相当于朱熹所谓的“气魄”,它是通过知言养气途径而达到的一种很高的精神境界,养气就是不断扩充内心的善端,积蓄足够的力量去推行仁政;知言则是明察时势,确立自己的奋斗目标,无论穷达,皆不失义,这才是孟子强调“不动心”的用意所在。

Mencius's “bu dong xin' ( not wavering in the heart ) is an equivalent of what Zhu Xi calls “qipo' ( courage), a very rare spiritual realm only to be attained by way of zhiyan and yangqi. Yangqi is an incessant development of the good inside the heart so that enough strength is accumulated to practice the policy of benevolence. Zhiyan means an insight into the situation and the establishment of one's goal of struggle. Rise or fall, Righteousness is never abandoned. This is why Mencius has laid emphasis on “bu dong xin.'