先秦儒家伦理性财富观的人文主义启示

Humanistic Revelation from the View of Wealth of Pre-Qin Confucianism

先秦儒家的代表孔子、孟子和荀子在"百家争鸣"的过程中,通过对义利关系的阐述提出了他们的伦理型财富观,从个人的角度提出重义轻利,取之有义;从统治阶级的角度提出义以生利,先义后利,以义制利,见利思义,表达了他们对于个体生存的重视和个人价值的理性思考和推崇,以及寻求社会和谐的人文主义关怀。

Pre - Qin Confucianism is represented by Confucius, Mencius and Xunzi.Their view of wealth is virtue - oriented, established by the illustration on the relationship between profit and virtue during the one- hundred- school - thought period.As to the individuals, virtue should be put before profit and profit should gained in accord with virtue. For the aristocratic class, as profit is derived from virtue, virtue should be considered fast when in pursuit of profit. In beth cases, individual survival is ackalowledged and moral values are highly praised and the humanistic concern for a harmonious society is expressed.