吕坤启蒙儒学散论

A Scattered Discussion of Lv kun's Enlightenment Confucianism

晚明思想家吕坤倡实学,反理学,又批判王权专制主义,对当世昏朽的政治多有揭露,力主追求真我、思想自由。他彰显民众,尤其是普通劳动者的地位和作用,并基于儒家"万物一体""民胞物与"的仁学传统而对民生疾苦十分关注,更提出以民为政治目的和政治主体的思想。他的启蒙儒学在中国儒学史以至整个思想文化史上有着十分重要的地位。

Lv kun, a thinker in the late Ming Dynasty, advocated real learning, opposed to neo-Confucianism, criticized royal power absolutism, and exposed the decadent politics of the time and striving for the real me and freedom of thought. He highlighted the people, especially the status and role of ordinary laborers. He paid great attention to the people＇s livelihood, based on the Confucian tradition of ＂Integrating all created into the whole ＂ and ＂ People are my brothers and all things are my kinds;the people are my brothers and I share the life of all creatures.＂ Then he put forward the idea of the people as the main body in the political purpose and political thoughts. His enlightenment Confucianism has a very important position in the history of Chinese Confucianism, even the whole ideological and cultural history.