富行其德——浅论范蠡的经济伦理观及其现代意义

Fan Li's Economic Ethic and Realistic Sense

范蠡根据“圣人之功,时为之用”的天道观,辅佐越王勾践灭吴雪耻,并依据“随时以行”的天道观在以后的经商中取得三致千金的巨大成功。同时,范蠡基于对天道泰终必否的理性自觉,尽散其财,富行其德,功成身退,最终“三迁皆有荣名,名垂后世。”研究范蠡“富行其德”的经济伦理思想对于当代商人的道德定位以及产权制度建设有一定的借鉴意义。

Whatever Fan Li did was in according with the objective rules and altered with changing situations.He not only helped Goujian,the king of Yue kingdom,to defeat the powerful Wu kingdom,but also expressed his perfect virtue through giving all his belongings three times to the poor in charity.Therefore,Sima Qian praised him highly.Nowadays,in order to direct merchants' morality and construct market economy system,we should learn his economic ethic of being benefic when prosperous and propaganda his ideas.