天人、治教与君子：《中庸》经义解析

On the Classical Meaning of The Doctrine of the Mean

《中庸》代表了一个兼具道德哲学与政治哲学意味的经义体系,蕴含着儒家政治思维的根本原理。天人秩序指向政治体的精神根基,以超越维度与人间秩序的高度混融为特色,人被赋予参赞者、协调者的核心角色。这种秩序形态衍生出一种治教模式,儒家之道作为一种公共文教与政治体制之间呈现合体分用的关系,显示出政治与道德精神的密切联系。君子作为文教和政治双重意义的复合型精英,被视为此类秩序和治理的枢纽。

The Doctrine of the Mean represents a comprehensive system of classical meaning focusing on both moral philosophy and political philosophy, which embodies the fundamental principle of Confucian political thinking. As the spiritual foundation of the body politic, the transcendence within human world bestows mankind the role of coordinator responsible for the harmony of the whole universe. Confucianism as a kind of public teaching is intimately integrated into the political order, while reserves substantive independent function in the operation. Gentleman as the compound elite of politics and civility plays as the pivot within the order and the regime.