《孟子》中的宪法思想萌芽

On Constitution Thought of Mencius

虽然《孟子》蕴含着许多现代意义上的宪政法治思想萌芽,但是受历史条件限制,《孟子》中不可能产生成熟的、完整的宪法思想体系,但是其中毕竟产生了价值极高的宪法思想萌芽,即:精神文明与物质文明建设并重;民为邦本,民贵君轻;关于政权更替的思想;权力制约思想和宪法基本精神。这些宪法思想萌芽是中华思想文明的重要的有机的部分,是中华思想文化发展过程中积极有利的组成部分,也是我们探索有中国特色宪政制度的重要思想资源。

Mencius could hardly bring about any mature or thorough constitution system due to historical limitation but it did cultivate an important constitutional idea, that is, the development of both spiritual and material civilization construction; people-orientated and people are more important than kings; regime change; power restriction and constitution spirit, which are the important part of the Chinese civilization, and also the ideological basis for the exploration of a typical Chinese constitutional system.