李勣与八主

LI Ji and the Eight Emperors

考察李勣与翟让、李密、唐高祖、窦建德、李建成、唐太宗、李承乾、唐高宗的关系,发现李勣侍八主而不倒的关键在于他能在两难处境中,始终兼顾矛盾双方,积极采取合理的行为态度,真正游刃有余地运用了儒家中庸思想,使之地位始终不倒。

An investigation on the relationship between LI Ji and the eight emperors of ZHAI Rang, LI Mi, TANG Gao - zong, DOU Jian - de, LI Jian - cheng, TANG Tai - zong, LI Cheng - qian and TANG Gao - song indicates the key to LI Ji＇s success in serving the eight emperors： Opting for the golden mean of the Confucian school so as to give consideration to both the two contradictory sides whenever he is in dilemmas.