庄子经权思想探微——兼与儒家经权观比较

The Exploration of the Principle and Flexibility Thought of Chuang-tzu

儒家哲学历来重视经权问题的探讨,同样,作为先秦道家的集大成者,庄子也对此问题进行了具体、深入的考察。他一方面肯定权变,注重时势,强调从具体情景出发加以变通,另一方面又坚持普遍原则(道),要求以"循道"为"通变"的依据和指向。表面看来,庄子和儒家对经权关系的理解存在相通之处,然其精神实质,却又表现出许多深刻的差异。

The philosophy of Confucianism has always attached great importance to the exploration of the principle and flexibility issue. As the master of Pre - Qin Taoism, Chuang - tzu also makes a specific and in - depth study on this issue. On the one hand, he approves of the concepts of flexibility, stressing the importance of following the trend of the times, underlining we should start from the concrete terms and keep flexible. On the other hand, he also emphasizes that we should stick to the universal principle （Tao）, claiming that ＂abiding to Tao＂ is on which ＂flexibility＂ based, and to which the latter points. Therefore, on the surface, Chuang - tzu and Confucians have something in common in understanding the relationship between principle and flexibility, but, intrinsically they vary from each other in many aspects.