儒学南渐考

Textual Research of Confucianism Going Southward

儒学南渐是楚国文化史上的一件大事。儒学传入楚国的时间是在孔子生活的年代,为此作出重要贡献的一是孔子亲传,二是孔子再传弟子。战国后期,韩非子提出“儒分为八”的观点。韩非子是荀子的学生,早在韩非子之前,荀子已注意到孔子以后儒家学派分立的情况。两人的观点不同,其分歧是在如何理解孔子的仁学思想方面。在孔门弟子中,荀子高度评价了仲弓,以传世文献与出土文献相互印证,可知荀子与仲弓可能有师承关系。

The Confucianism going southward was a big event in the cultural history of Chu State. The introduction of Confucianism was in the time of Confucius, and its great contribution was made by Confucius himself and his students. During the period of Warring States, Han Feizi put forward the view of “eight braches of Confucianism”. Han Feizi was the student of Xun Zi, who, earlier than Han Feizi, noticed the schism of Confucianism after Confucius. With different views, though, they differed in how to understand the Confucian ideology of clemency science. Xun Zi spoke high of Zhong Gong among Confucius' students, which is proved by the handed-down as well as unearthed documents, which implies there is teacher-student relation between Xun Zi and Zhong Gong.