关于儒家民本思想历史价值的三个基本判断

Three Basic Judgments about the Historical Value of People-based Thought in Confucianism

儒家民本思想历史价值的三个基本判断:一是在中国古代,主张治权在君的儒家民本思想与帝制有高度的匹配性,因而长期处于统治思想地位的儒家民本思想基本上得到自我实现。二是在中国向现代演化的历史进程中,儒家民本思想既没有推出过民主共和政治,也没有自发地导出民主思想,其阻滞前进步伐的消极作用占主导地位。三是在构建中国现代政治文明之时,既不能高估儒家民本思想的历史价值,更不能夸大孔孟之道的现代意义。

There are three basic judgments about historical value of people-based thought in Confucianism. First, in the ancient China, the ideas of people-based thought in Confucianism, advocating the power of government should be in the hand of ruler, are matching with the autocratic monarchy well, which results in that people-based thought in Confucianism gets self-realization as the ruler thoughts. Second, in the process of China modernization, people-based thought in Confucianism neither developed democratic republic politics, nor democratic thoughts, from which we could see its negative effect of hindering the social progress. Third, in the construction of modern political civilization in China, we should not overestimate the historical value of people-based thought in Confucianism, or exaggerate the modern significance of Confucianism.