孟子民本思想及其与当代民主思想之比较

Taking People as This Thought of Mencius and the Comparison with the Contemporary Democratic Idea

孟子的民本思想突出了政治实践中民心向背的作用,是其仁政学说的核心内容.民本思想和民主思想虽然都强调人民的重要性,但二者存在本质的区别.孟子的民本思想是君主本位的,认为封建君主只有以民为本,重视人民的作用才能保住天下,这与当代民主倡导的人人权利、地位平等、主权在民等思想是存在差异的.

Mencius＇s taking people as this thought, which is the core of his benevolent government theory thought, has laid stress on common aspiration of the people effect in politics practice. Although the people being this thought and democratic thought emphasize the significance of the people, they have essential differences. Taking people as this thought of Mencius is monarch standard. He thinks that only taking people as this, can the feudalism monarch protect the ruling over the country, which is different from the thoughts of contemporary democracy which proposes that everybody＇s right should be equal in status, and sovereignty should lie in people and so on.