龚自珍论“私”

On Gong Zi-zhen’s View of Privacy

中国思想发展到晚明,私成为一个热门论题。明清之际的思想家都注意到了"私"的问题的不可回避性。他们在传统的立公灭私的框架下试图给予私以一定的位置。清代中叶的思想家龚自珍第一次从正面肯认私的合理性。他从三个方面肯定的私的合理性和必然性。私的观点的出现,意味着新的思想的成熟,是中国思想转型中必不可少的一个环节。

Privacy was a hot topic among the intellectuals in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties since the scholars came to realize the inevitability of privacy and acknowledge the rationality of privacy to some extent in the traditional value system. Gong Zi-zhen, a great thinker of the middle Qing dynasty,first confirmed the rationality of privacy,Which was revealed from three aspects. The acknowledgement of privacy indicates a transition to Chinese modern thoughts.