人性恶与人性的重塑——论荀子礼法思想的核心内涵

The Evil Nature and Humanity Remodelling——A key to the Thought of Etiquette of Xunzi

荀子的人性恶论源于对战国功利主义思潮现象的反思,以此为逻辑起点,荀子构建了一个礼法之治的思想体系,这个思想体系虽然重在国家治理,但最终目的是要以礼法改造和重塑人性,重建价值信仰体系。随着历史的发展,荀子礼法思想的等级性已经被现代平等理念所代替,但是在当前社会主义市场经济条件下,如何重建信仰,在我国当前的文化建设中仍是需要深入探索的。

Xunzi doctrine that human nature is evil is based on the reflection upon the utilitarianism thought of Warring States period. With the doctrine as a logical starting point, he builds the ideology of etiquette. Although the ideology emphasizes governance, while its ultimate goal is to reconstruct the value system through etiquette renovation and humanity remodelling. With the development of history, hierarchy of ideology of etiquette has been replaced by the modern concept of equality, whereas under the socialist market economy that how to rebuild faith today in the culture construction in China still needs further exploring.