“内圣外王”与王莽之成败

The Thought of "Internal Saints and External Kings" and the Successes and Failures of Wang Mang

王莽之成败是诸多因素相互作用的结果,儒家"内圣外王"思想就是其中之一。因为王莽符合儒家"内圣外王"的理想标准,所以他被西汉儒生推上了政权的巅峰,也因为"内圣外王"思想自身的缺失,他在实践其理想时不可避免地遭到惨败。

The successes and failures of Wang Mang can be attributed to the interaction of many factors, one of which is the Confucian thought of ＂internal saints and external kings＂ . Because Wang Mang conformed to the ideal criterion of Confucian thought of ＂internal saints and external kings＂ , he was pushed up to the pinnacle of power by the Confucian scholars in Western Han Dynasty, and it was also because of the inadequacy of the same thought, he unavoidably suffered miserable failures in practicing his ideal.