儒家心性工夫论之建立——曾子与子思的工夫论

The cultivation of the Confucianism by Zengzi and Zi Si

曾子作为孔门后劲,通过三省的工夫将儒家心性工夫论予以了基本确立,而"慎独""诚意"等工夫论都可溯源于他。子思则通过"推天道以明人事"的模式为儒家心性工夫论确立了基础,因而儒家的心性工夫就在于如何"率性"。为此,子思特别重视"诚"的观念,天道是诚的,因而人道也应当是诚的。人道之诚,就是通过"慎独""诚意""节欲"等工夫使自己"喜怒哀乐之未发"的中之心"发而皆中节"达到和。

Zeng Zi devotes himself to the founding of the Confucian cultivation of natural sincerity and prudence.Zi Si proposes nature mirror ways of humanity as the foundation of Confucianism.Hence,the ways of nature and humanity are sincerity.The prudence,sincerity and abstinence help to compromise with feelings of passions,anger,sadness and excitement.