儒家德治思想的基本内涵

The Confucianist Thought of Rule of Virtue: Basic Connotation

儒家的德治思想是中国古代政治思想的主体 ,它深刻地影响了中国历史的面貌和我们民族的文化性格。目前学术界存在着一种把德治仅仅理解为用伦理道德来进行统治的狭隘看法 ,而实际上德治要求的是政治统治应该符合伦理道德 ,它包括行政伦理、经济、法律及对人民进行道德教化等多方面的内容。全面准确地理解德治思想的基本理论内涵 ,是我们正确评价其历史价值和现实意义的关键。

Summary: The Confucianist thought of rule of Virtue was the mainstay of the political thought in ancient China. It influenced deeply the historical development of China and reflected the personality of culture of the Chinese nationalities. There is at present a narrow view on Confucianist rule of virtue that it implies to give effect to a government with Confucianist ethics. As a matter of fact the rule of virtue would be of various kinds: administrative ethics, economy, law, to educate people the code of ethics, etc. Only to embrace comprehensively the connotations of the Confucianist rule of virtue, we can value correctly the historical place due to it and the practical significance it is imbued.