儒学之“本”与“源”——评安靖如“进步儒学”的思想方法

The “Root”and “Source” of Confucianism:Criticism to the Thoughtway of Angle's “Progressive Confucianism”

美国哲学家安靖如的政治哲学"进步儒学",基于"有本的全球哲学"观念,在"伦理—礼—法"或"德性—礼—政治"的模式中凸显礼的重大意义,以联接儒家传统和现代价值,是富于创造性的。然而,"有本的全球哲学"的思想方法毕竟属于传统形而上学的"本—末"、"体—用"、"形上—形下"的思维方式,礼是沟通形上之"本"与形下之"末"的中介,尽管探及儒学之"本",但未溯及儒学之"源"。此外,他关于生活儒学先有对现象学的信奉、并以此为基础来综合改造儒学的判断也是不符合实际情况的。

American philosopher Stephen Angle＇ s ＂Progressive Confucianism＂ as a political philosophy displays great creativity, since it is based on his idea of ＂Rooted Global Philosophy＂ and gives promi- nence to ritual in the shape of ＂ethics-ritual -law＂ or ＂virtue-ritual-politics＂ through which modem values join up with Confucian traditions. However, the thoughtway of ＂Rooted Global Philosophy＂ be-longs to the mode of thinking of ＂Root - Branches＂ （ 本-末）, ＂Body - Function＂ （ 体-用 ） and ＂Met-aphysical - Physical （ or post - metaphysical）＂ in traditional metaphysics, in which ritual is the mediate between metaphysical Root and post- metaphysical branches, and which has not traced to the ＂Source＂ of Confucianism despite of the ＂Root＂ of that. In addition, it is not a judgment conforming to the actual situation that Life Confucianism has previously commitment to phenomenology with which Confucianism is synthesized and transformed.