制度突围与生活重构——从王艮的生命历程看儒学的平民化

Institution Breakout and Life Reconstruction——on Confucianism Civilianization from Wang Gen's Life Journey

泰州学派的平民性特点与其创始人王艮的生命历程有着密切的关系。在明代中晚期的制度变迁中,王艮以经商突破赋税货币化,以儒学改造生活世界,均是社会下层民众主动适应社会环境变动的重要表现。泰州学派是王艮以平民社会为思考基点,在学习儒学、应用儒学的过程中逐步创立的。在其思想发展的过程中,王艮受到心学群体的重要影响,但是起关键作用的则是在其家乡参加讲会的平民大众,王艮在与他们讨论各种与生活密切相关的问题中发展出泰州学派的乡村建设品格。

Civilianization, the characteristic of Taizhou School, is tightly related to the life journey of Wang Gen founder of Taizhou School. During the Middle and Late Ming Dynasty, Wang Gen broke out tax monetization by business and reformed life-world by Confucianism, which both distinctly reflected that people from the lower social ladders initiatively adapted to social change. Based on civilians＇ society, Taizhou School is founded in the process of studying and applying Confucianism by the effort of Wang Gen. During the development of thought, although mind theory suppbrters had great influence on Wang Gen, what really matters in promoting ru- ral construction the characteristic of Taizhou School was the civilians participating in lectures from Wang Gen＇ s hometown, with whom Wang Gen discussed various problems closely related to life.