“通古今之变”:康有为儒家宪政思想的创立

“Creative transformation of tradition″:On Creation of Confucian Constitution by Kang Youwei

康有为是中国近代思想史上的启蒙大师,为解决清末民初社会转型期的政治出路问题,康有为"泯中西之界限、化新旧之门户",在学术上首创借用西学因素以"通古今之变"的论证模式;康有为首次提出宪法概念,从"仁"出发,进行了民本-民权-人权的阐释。康氏用西学对儒家传统进行创造性转化,首创儒家宪政思想,即建构对国家权力有所制约的君主立宪制度,体现为传承、西化、实践儒学,给新儒家提供了智识资源,开启了后人建构中国独特的儒家宪政制度的新思维。

Kang Youwei was an enlightened master in the history of modern Chinese thoughts. In order to find a political way out of the period of social transition at the end of the Qing Dynasty,he ″eliminated boundaries between Chinese and western thoughts,creatively transform from the old to the new″,put forward ″creative transformation of tradition″ and introduced ″constitution″ firstly by borrowing thoughts from western culture. Kang interpreted ″humanistic thought-civil rights-human rights″ from the ethical concept of humanity. Kang＇s creative transformation of Confucianism has led to the thoughts of Confucian constitution and provides intellectual resources for new Confucianism.