摘要
二宫尊德是日本江户时代的著名思想家和农政学家,他的思想核心是报德,即报答天地、人类、社会的养育之恩、培植之情,以发展经济、富民强国,构建和谐社会。而报德首先要从自我修养做起。因此,他兼采神、儒、佛学,尤其是儒学的精髓,形成了自己的修身之道,即"至诚、勤劳、分度、推让"之道,并通过实践律己律人,从而推动了日本社会经济的发展和人们精神面貌的变化。二宫尊德虽已故去,但其修身之道可为现代人学会做人,贡献社会的镜鉴。
Sontoku Ninomiya is a famous Japanese Edo political thinker and agricultural scientist. His main idea is repay for moral conducts, concerning earth and heaven, mankind, and society, for their deeds of nurturing, so as to develop economy, make the nation well-off and build a harmonious society. According to him self-cultivation is the foundation of moral repayment. In effect, he advocates the adoption of theology, Buddhism and particularly Confucianism in the self - cultivation of sincerity, hard work, thrift and donations. This self-discipline is supposed to be significant for the development of Japanese economy and the improvement of human mentality. Sontoku Ninomiya＇s idea is worth learning and practicing.
