六经之道,未坠于地:试论龚鹏程先生的学思知行

The Tao of Six Classics never Drops: On Gong Pengcheng's Thoughts and Practice in Life Confucianism

生活儒学之倡导和践行者龚鹏程先生的学思知行,依时间顺序分为幼能鄙事、博学于文、知行合一、礼乐在兹、即凡入圣等时期。观龚先生之学思与践履,可谓发乎真性情,学有真功夫,行见真风流。其学思知行之精神、规模与风貌,堪称为诚、通、美。概言之,其始学先立乎大,志道游艺,由艺入道,由破显立;继而博学于文,杂取百家,融汇中西,兼修内外;更能知行合一,即物穷理,化民成俗,经世致用;终至以美涵摄礼乐,体用不二,返俗归真,即凡入圣;堪称今世卓然独立一大儒。

The thoughts and practice of Prof. Gong Pengcheng, who advocates and conducts life Confucianism, includes the following aspects according to time order： learning in childhood, conducting broad and integrative learning, unifying learning and practice, reviving the rites and music and embodying the sagehood through ordinary life experiences. It can be seen clearly that Prof. Gong is truly a great Confucian whose spirit, scale and style shown in his thoughts and practice can be called a unity of honesty, mastery and beauty. He begins his Tao study in a broad way, puts forward his own thoughts and then absorbs the essence of various schools, integrating Chinese and western thoughts. In addition, he makes knowledge and practice go hand in hand to reach the state of ＂administration and pragmatism＂. And in the end he achieved the idea of subsuming beauty in rites and music to return to innocence and embodying the sagehood through ordinary life experiences. In a word, Gong Pengcheng is really a great Confucian for his unusual thoughts.