从命题组合看《孟子》民本思想的本质属性

The Intrinsic Attributes of the Thought of Minben in Mencius from the Perspective of Proposition Combination

《孟子》的民本思想命题可以分为五大类,即宗旨性命题、制度性命题、规范性命题、操作性命题和评价性命题。它们相互关联、相辅相成、功能有异、取向一致。《孟子》的问题设定、阐释方式、命题组合、理论结构和政治取向具有普遍意义。从命题组合的角度看,"原典儒学"与"专制儒学"并无本质性的区别。由此可见,"原典儒学"是与君主制度相匹配的精神现象。这是孔孟之道成为中华帝制统治思想的根本原因。

The proposition for the thought of minben in Mencius could be divided into five categories ： the purposive proposition, institutional proposition, normative proposition, operational proposition and critical proposition, which were interrelated, mutually complementary, of different function and same orientation. The question forwarding, interpreting mode, proposition combination, theoretical structure and political inclination in Mencius had a general meaning. From the perspective of proposition combination, the Fundamentalist Confucianism （yuan dian ru xue） and the Autocratic Confucianism （zhuan zhi ru xue） have no intrinsic difference. Therefore, Fundamentalist Confucianism was a spiritual phenomenon that was matched to monarchy. This was the fundamental reason why the doctrine of Confucius and Mencius had become the ruling thoughts of autocratic monarchy in Imperial China.