简论荀子分职分工思想——从“礼义”“法度”原则到“农士工商”职业序列变化

Thought of Xun Zi's Minute Duty Division of Labor

作为春秋战国这一重要社会转型期的亲历者和见证者,荀子对于当时社会分工问题的观察与思考,不同于同一时期其他思想家。荀子主张根据人的社会性实行合理的社会分工;在对传统士农工商分职分工思想进行质疑的基础上,提出了农本商末思想,并逐步凝炼成"务本禁末"论,并提出了新的社会职业序列——农士工商。荀子的这一思想对中国传统社会产生了非常重要的影响。

Experienced and the witness as the Spring and Autumn Period Warring States this important society transition period, Xun Zi regarding at that time the social division of labor question observation and the ponder, was different in the other thinkers at the same time. He advocated that implements the reasonable social division of labor according to person＇s sociality; In divides the duty division of labor thought to the traditional gentleman farmer to carry on the question in the foundation, proposed the capital invested in agricultural production business end thought that and becomes concise gradually ＂attends to fundamentals endures end＂ theory, and proposed the new social professional sequence Agricultural gentleman industry and commerce. Xun Zi＇s this thought has had the very important influence to the Chinese tradition society.