程伊川论经筵劄子义疏

Commentary on Cheng Yi's Memorials on the Royal Academy

程伊川深切认识到士大夫与皇权共治体制的症结:皇帝缺乏与士大夫沟通、协商之意愿和能力。故在担任经筵官之前上论经筵三道箚子,构想了一全新的经筵制,旨在让经筵官全程管理皇帝之生活,并通过特定的礼仪和特殊的制度安排,塑造皇帝成为士君子,具有共治之意愿和能力,从而弥合皇室与政府、皇帝与士大夫群体之间的隔阂。

Recognizing the fatal defect of the co-governing system of the Confucian bureaucrats and the Court,Cheng Yi conceived a new framework for the Royal Academy in his three Memorials,in which the Confucian Lecturers became a full manager of the emperor' life,and thus gained the function of cultivating the latter to become a Confucianjunzi,who will have the will and ability of co-governance with Confucian bureaucrats,and such will and ability will contribute to bridge the gap between government and The Court.