叶适与南宋反理学思潮

Ye Shi and the Anti-Neo-Confucianism Thoughts in the Southern Song Dynasty

叶适的学术思想经历了由推崇理学到反对理学的重大转变,其晚年对理学的批判系统而深刻。他否定了理学的儒学正统地位,揭示了理学的本质,指出了理学的虚妄,批判了理学的极端化倾向,驳斥了理学的经义,又以完整的事功学说与理学抗衡。经过叶适的发展,南宋反理学思潮不仅在理论上走向成熟,而且在社会上也产生了广泛影响。

Ye Shi＇s academic thought towards neo-Confucianism experienced significant change from praise to opposition.His criticism against neo-Confucianism was systematic and profound in his later years.He denied the orthodoxy position of the neo-Confucianism,exposed the essence of the neo-Confucianism,denounced the fabrication of neo-Confucianism,criticized its extreme tendency,refuted its explanation for the Confucian classics,and constructed the utilitarian theory to rival it.With Ye Shi＇s contribution,the anti-neo-Confucianism thoughts reached maturity in theory and had extensive influence in society.