孟子性善论思想探要

A Research into Mencius's "Kindness of Human Nature" Theory

文章从三个方面探讨了孟子的性善论。认为孟子的“性善”之“性”，是指人之为人的特性──人内在具有的能动主体性；孟子性善论具有内在连续的两个层面：向善表明人的本体自觉，为善表明人的工夫自觉；孟子性善论是对孔子“仁”的思想的继承和发展．

This paper probes into Mencius's 'The Kindness of Human Nature' theory in the following fore aspects.Firstly, the 'human nature' in Mencius's 'The Kindness of Human Nature' refers to the nature of human beings, a kind of inborn dynamic subjectivity; secondly,Mencius's theory on human nature comprises two layers of a continuum, that is, one is that human nature tending to be kind indicates the self-awareness of the noumenon of human beings,while the other is that it shows the self-awareness of efforts in human beings; thirdly, Mencius's theory of human nature is an inheritance and development of Confucius's ideology of 'Benevolence'.