浅析孟子性善说的三个维度

Three Aspects on Good Human Nature of Menzi

孟子“性善”之“性”,是人天赋之中可以有自我作主的成分,是“人之所以异于禽兽者”,是使心(以体言)在待人接物时产生恻隐、羞恶、辞让、是非之心的根据。孟子的性善说是一个通过性命之辨、人禽之辨、心性之辨而逐步展开的理论。

Nature of Good Human Nature of Menzi includes three aspects. First, it is the bom elements with selfdecided capacity, second, the cause of discrimination between man and animal, last, （on ontology） the basis of mind with sympathy, shamefulness, declination, right and wrong. The theory is known gradually on the basis of differentiation of naturand fate, differention of man and poultry and of disposition.