礼的法典化——论荀子的礼法观变革

Ceremony of the Code——On the Changes of Xun Zi's Concept of Ceremony and Code

在先秦儒家,荀子首先提出了"礼法"概念,开启了儒家礼的法典化进程。荀子释礼为法,将礼从内在心性引向外在法典,展现了儒家内部的礼法观变革;又以礼纳法,批判了法家以严酷刑律治国的思想,提出以礼为国家法典之主导的思想。荀子的礼法思想,以"重建"整个社会制度为归旨,故而为儒家进入政治生活领域打开了通道,提供了范式。

In the pre-Qin Confucianism, XunZi firstly proposed the concept of ceremony and code, and opened the process of code of Confucianism. XunZi interpreted ceremony as code, and led ceremony from the inner mind to the external code,causing the changes of ceremony and code in Confucianism. XunZi put the ceremony into the code and criticized the legalists, and he claimed that ceremony should be the main content of country＇s code. The purpose of Xun Zi＇s concept of ceremony and code was to rebuild the entire social system. It opened the channel and built the paradigm for Confucianism to enter the political life.