论儒学的根本精神

The Core Spirit of Confucianism

儒家的根本精神是仁,整个儒家体系都是仁的本末发用。在孔子前,仁只是一个道德原则,孔子把仁提升到了儒学的核心地位。孔子后,儒家诸子都以仁为其理论的核心。在宋明后,仁的观念有了进一步发展,和"生生"联系在了一起,生生成为仁的代名词,从而使仁学更加完满。儒家的核心价值观念是一脉相承的,儒家诸子们的不同处在于对这些核心观念来源的争论。

Ren is the core spirit of Confucianism;Confucianism expands around the concept of ren. In the time before the Con- lucius, Ren is just a code of ethics. After Confucius, Confucian philosophers regarded Ren as the core of their theory, After the Song and Ming Dynasties, Ren concept had been further development, Ren and ＂Sheng Sheng＂ linked together, ＂Sheng Sheng＂ became a synonym of Ren. The core values of Confucianism is the same strain, Confucian scholars are different in their different understandings of the sources of these core concepts.