儒家“为政之道”:中国古代整饬吏治的深层理据

The Way of Ruling" of Confucianism: The ProfoundTheoretical Ground of Strengthening the Administraion ofLocal Officials in Ancient China

中国传统的政治制度具有深厚的道德属性,“为政以德”作为立身和从政的准则,强调人格道义在国家政治中的作用和价值,主张个体道德与政治伦理的和谐统一,使封建制度的功能因此达到农业文明相当高的水平。剖析儒家“为政之道”的得失,总结历史上整饬吏治的经验,显然可以作为深刻的历史镜鉴,给人以教育和启发。

The traditional political system of China has a deep moral property. 'To rule on the basis' of morsl',as the norm of behaving and engaging in politics, emphasized the functions and values of moral quality in the policy of a country. It advocated the unity and harmony between personal moral and political ethics, thus the function of feudal system reached a fairly high level in the state of agriculture civiliza-tion. To analyze the success and failure of 'the way of ruling' of the Confucianism, and to sum up the experiences of strengthening the administration of local officials in history can obviously serve as the profound historic references, in the light of it, people can draw lessons from them and can gain a good deal of enlightenments from them.