董仲舒“天人感应”思想的内在理路及思想意义

The Internal Logic and Thought Significance of Dong Zhongshu's "Heaven Induction"

分析了董仲舒"天人感应"思想在中国几千年的历史演进过程,以及这一思想的独特内涵。指出董仲舒的"天人感应"说一方面从理论上肯定了德治为本的政治方向,为封建社会的长治久安提供了思想基础,奠定了政治基调。另一方面,他的宗教神学也从理论上炮制了许多荒诞不经的内容,有愚民成分。认为研究董仲舒的"天人感应"思想应当从当时的历史条件出发,对其给予客观的的评价。

The historical development process of ＂heaven induction＂ thought in China for thousands of years and the specific connotation of it are analyzed.It is pointed out that on one hand,Dong Zhongshu’s ＂heaven induc-tion＂ ensured the virtue-based political direction theoretically,provided the thought base of long-term stability of feudal society and laid the political tone.On the other hand,his religious theology also referred a lot of ridiculous contents with obscurantism ingredients.It is put forward that researching Dong Zhongshu’s ＂heaven induction＂ should start from the historical conditions at that time and evaluate it objectively.