从郭店楚简看原始儒家德性论

The Primitive Confucian Theory of Virtuous Nature according to the Guodian Bamboo - slip Inscriptions in Chu

从孔子到孟子的德性理论的发展,其间经历了何种变化,一直是困扰着学界的一个重要问题。随着郭店楚简的出土,这一状况得到了改观。郭店楚简中儒家类文献展示了原始儒家德性理论发展的重要一环,孔子的心性理论得到了深化,孟子的身心一体论也有了理论前提,儒家的德性修养论初步得以系统化,德治主义的理想初现理论的光芒,为孟子深入阐发儒家德性理论准备了基础。

It has always been an important issue puzzled by the intellectual circles that the developmental process from Confucius to Mencius theory of virtuous nature went through what changes. With the unearthing of the Guodian Chu bamboo - slip inscriptions, this situation has improved. The Confucian literature contained in the inscriptions unfolded an important link in the development of the primitive Confucian theory of virtuous nature, deepened Confucius theory of mind and nature, and provided a theoretical presupposition for Mencius' theory of the union of mind and body. Consequently, the Confucian theory of virtuous cultivation was preliminarily systematized, and the ideal of government by virtue showed its initial theoretical light, thus offering a foundation for Mencius who further expounded his Confucian theory of virtuous nature.