孟子的“仁义内在”说

On Mencius' Doctrine of "Self-Containing Benevolence

孟子的仁有广义、狭义之分,狭义的仁是“恻隐之心,仁也”,广义的则是“仁,人心也”,包括仁义礼智全部。孟子通过“仁义内在”说总结了子思的“仁内义外”说,确立了道德自律的思想,进一步发展了孔门的仁学。

Mencius' doctrine of benevolence can be defined both in a narrow sense and in a larger sense. Inits narrow sense benevolence means the feeling of 'compassion', and in its larger sense it refers to the 'humanheart' with the factors of humanity,trustworthiness, ritual and wisdom. Through his 'self-containing benev-olence' Mencius summed up the doctrine of 'benevolence within trustworthiness' professed by Zi-shi, thusputting forward the idea of self-regulating morality and in this respect Mencius had further developed the doc-trine of benevolence from Confucianism