论孔子的德政原则

On Confucius' Moralizing Politics Principle

孔子主张德政,提倡把政治道德化,政治与道德合一是孔子政治理论的特色。从根本上说,孔子德治理论是为维护当时社会秩序服务的,但其中也包含着对任何社会政治行为都有益的普适性原则。这些原则主要有仁爱原则、正义原则、重民原则、廉洁原则。虽然这些原则具有历史的局限或封建的糟粕,但至少是可以批判地汲取其合理内核,作为历史的借鉴,以服务中国特色社会主义的政治建设。

Confucius advocated ruling by moral and moralizing politics. Confucian political theory is characterized by integration of politics and ethics. Although it served fundamentally for maintaining the social order at that time, the Confucian theory of ruling by moral implied universal principles benefiting the political behavior of any society. These principles include mainly the principle of benevolence, the principle of justice, the principle of people foremost, and the principle of cleanness. Although there are historical limitations and feudal dross in them, these principles can at least function as a historical reference through assimilating critically their essence in order to serve for constructing the socialist politics with Chinese characteristics.