论孟子“居仁由义”的壮美意蕴

A Study of the Sublimity of Mengzi's "Dwelling in Benevolence and Righteousness"

孟子认为,仁义内在于人,人应持养、扩充。仁义之道大且美,但求在我,人为能达到仁义而乐。仁义之悦人心不仅因为仁义本身美、大,还因为人行仁义同时是对自我的肯定,人能克服欲望斜径,走在正义之路上,是人的力量的胜利。壮美是仁义在人身上的实现,壮美既是仁义本身的光辉,更是在追求仁义中,人的自由与超越的高扬。壮美的实现伴随着人对仁义的认知、体验和践行,在现实与理想、有限与无限、个人与社会的张力中突显。

Mengzi asserts that benevolence and righteousness are man′s essential traits.Great as they are, they cannot be a-chieved.We are delighted if we can approximate them.It＇s not only owing to their own beauty, but also that it is a self-af-firmation and a triumph of man′s strength when man overcomes desires and takes the path of righteousness.Sublimity is a realization of benevolence and righteousness in a man′s life.It is the splendor of benevolence and righteousness as well as man＇s freedom and transcendence in the process of pursuing them.The fulfillment of the sublime accompanies man′s recog-nition, feeling and practice of benevolence and righteousness, and the sublime arises in the tension between reality and the i-deal, finite and infinite, individual and society.