曾国藩思想源流新探

A New Probe into the Origin of Zeng Guo-Fan's Thought

曾国藩不是理学家,他的思想来源于传统儒学,又吸收百家之所长,他是近代新儒学的开创者。他的新儒学在传统儒学的基础上突出了经济思想,立足于经世致用,并在修身、齐家、治国、平天下等方面都做出了重大贡献。以经济为主体的儒学思想始终贯穿他的一生,他始终立足于大本大源,并非有三变。无论是程朱理学,还是申韩法家,或是黄老道学,既是他达到经世救国的工具和途径,也是他融合诸家而创立新儒学的新鲜血液。

Zeng Guo - Fan was not a thinker of the rationalistic Confucian philosophy of the Song and Ming dynasties. Instead, he was the pioneer of the new Confucianism. Based on the traditional Confucianism, his thought combines the good qualities of hundreds of schools of thought and gives prominence to pragmatism. Zeng dedicated his whole life to exploring the pragmatic value of Confucianism, and didnt change his ideas three times, as some people assumed. He borrowed primarily from Cheng - Zhu, Shen - Han and Huang - Lao, and fused their ideas with the new Confucianism. His thought provides a new insight into how to cultivate oneself, how to manage one＇s family, and how to manipulate a nation and give the people peace. He was one of mileposts in the history of Chinese philosophy.