回向自我:中唐文儒的危机应对与儒学转型

Back to Self:Response to the Crisis and Confucianism Transconformation in the Mid-Tang Dynasty

中唐文儒应对时代危机的理论运思,打破了盛唐之时的思想沉闷,在王权失坠、礼学退潮的趋势之下,文儒以"回向自我"为理论革新的起点,重新思考确立"华夷"边界、稳定"华夏"之族群内涵及由修身而及家国天下的可能性,并最终展现出修身与及物两大面向兼顾而各有侧重的局面。在此过程中,韩愈首倡的"道统"意识日益凸显,而《孟子》之影响亦逐步增大。因为中唐文儒在心性、性情、群己以及生死诸问题上的深度运思,中唐的思想也由此呈现出新局面。

In the mid-Tang Dynasty,Moral-and-Heart-mind substituted Ritual-and-Music became the starting point of introspection.How to breakthrough the dualistic framework of the mediaeval time and reconstruct the basis of Chinese culture by building Confucian ＂the unity of substance and function＂ theory was the focus to ＂Scholar Confucians＂.Moral culture and coming up to things became the two subjects in the life of ＂Scholar Confucians＂.