试析王艮的修身思想及其特色

An Analysis of Wang Gen' Self- Cultivating Idea and Its Features

修身思想是王艮学说中最为重要的内容之一。王艮站在心学的立场上,以天地万物依于己,提出了关于修身的理论学说。他以"身本"作为其修身思想的理论基础、以"正己"与"安身"作为其修身实践的根本途径,以"成圣"作为其修身理想的终极追求。在这三个层面的统一中,彰显出其修身思想中既张扬道德理想,又依托于感性生命的时代特色。

From the perspective of the philosophy of the mind, and considering that all things in the world are related to ourselves, Wang Gen has put forward to the self - cultivating idea as one of the most important contents of his theoretical system. He used ＂the body - itself＂ as the theoretical base for his self - cultivating idea, ＂self - correcting＂ and ＂set- tling oneself down＂ as the fundamental way of its practice, and ＂becoming a saint＂ as the ultimate pursuit of its ideal. Within the unity of the three levels, his self - cultivating idea has manifested the era feature of not only advocating moral ideal but also depending on our emotional life.