王阳明的社会治理思想及其现代价值

Wang Yangming's Theory of Social Administration and Its Significance to Present-Day China

创新社会治理体制是推进国家治理体系和治理能力现代化的重要内容,推动社会治理体制创新需要大力挖掘中华优秀传统文化资源。王阳明是中国著名的思想家、政治家,他的社会治理思想包括"良知"是"善治"的人心基础,"致良知"是"治心"的基本方式,"知行合一"是"治行"的主要途径等,这些思想在他设立乡约、创办社学、施行仁政等社会治理实践中得到了充分运用,对当前创新社会治理体制有一定的启示作用。

Innovations in the social administration system are part of China's effort to further modernize national governance. Broad lessons can be drawn from traditional Chinese culture to support these efforts. For example, Wang Yangming, one of the most renowned ancient Chinese thinkers and politicians, proposed many ideas on social administration. He asserted that intuitive knowledge(liangzhi) lays the intellectual foundation of good governance, that the extension of intuitive knowledge is the basic way of purifying the human mind, and that the unity of knowledge and action is the predominant method of regulating human behaviors. Most importantly, Wang put his ideas into practice by establishing the rural community covenant(xiangyue), founding community schools, and carrying out benevolent policies. His theories and practices can be important resources for the contemporary efforts to innovate regarding social administration.