韩愈政治思想考释

Textual Research on Han Yu's Political Ideology

韩愈的政治思想核心是儒家道统观。其行动宗旨是为"明先王之道",恢复儒学的正统地位。"道丧文弊"之时,韩愈倡导古文运动,革新文体,以宣扬儒学、捍卫"道统",来维护中唐时期危机四伏、面临崩溃的统治秩序。面对"异端并起",佛老盛行而儒学衰微,以儒家道统的继承人自居的韩愈遂掷出道统学说,排斥佛老,以此来恢复儒家文化的正统地位。

The core of Han Yu＇s political ideology was Confucianism. His principle of Action was that made ancestors＇ truth to be resurgence and revived Confucianism in the orthodoxy position. These behaviors, such as, advocating the Ancient Prose Move- ment and excluding Buddism and Taoism, were mainly based on its central idea. With the purpose of maintaining the Middle Tang dynasty＇ s feudal order which was at the edge of collapse, Han Yu advocated the Ancient Prose Movement and innovated styles to promote and uphold Confucianism. Confucianism wasn＇ t so popular anymore while Buddism and Taoism were in vogue. Han Yu who considered he was the heir of the Confucian orthodoxy declared his Confucian theory, which rejected Buddism and Taoism, in order to restore the legitimacy of Confucianism.