论先秦“中”观念的理论形态演进

The Evolution of the "Mean" Conception Before The Qin Dynasty

先秦时期,产生于实践活动的"中"观念在走出了对具体物象的表意之后,经历了由政治性范畴到伦理性范畴,再到本体性范畴的不同理论形态演进。作为政治性范畴,"中"的基本含义是"中正";作为伦理性范畴,"中"的基本含义是"中德";作为本体性范畴,"中"的基本含义是"中庸"。"中"的这一理论形态演进体现了先秦时期人们理性思维能力的不断提高,成为后世奉行"中庸"之道的思想理论源头。

Before the Qin Dynasty, the ＂Mean＂ Conception was regarded as a political category firstly, then as an ethical category, and then as a noumenon category. As a political category, the basic meaning of the ＂Mean＂ Conception is fair. As an ethical category, the basic meaning of the ＂Mean＂ Conception is fit for the rule of morality and ethics. As a noumenon category, the basic meaning of the ＂ Mean＂ Conception is the doctrine of the mean. The evolution, which was the theoretical origination on people practiced the doctrine of the mean, embodied the development of people＇s reasoning ability before the Qin Dynasty.