二程的荀子观

Cheng Brother’s Views on Xunzi

程颢、程颐是宋代著名理学家,对宋明时期的儒学发展产生巨大影响。二程崇尚心性论,坚持扬孟抑荀,因荀子＂性恶＂之言便以＂偏驳＂＂大驳＂＂大本已失＂来评价荀学,先以荀扬并论来降低荀子的地位,再以荀扬并批将荀子排出儒家道统,列为杂学之属。二程的评荀言论加强了宋明理学家对荀子性恶论的关注和反感,在明儒承续宋儒道统的理念驱使下,荀子终遭罢祀,惨受千年冷遇。

Cheng Brother were famous Neo-Confucianists,and had a great influence on the development of Confucianism in the Song and Ming dynasties.Cheng Brother pay attention to Mencius as spring up the theory on the human nature and human life,praise Mencius and demote Xunzi. Because of Evilness of Human Nature,Xunzi was excluded from Confucian orthodoxy. Under the influence of the criticisms,the memorial tablets in the temple was cancelled,and Xunzi philosophy suffered a cold treatment for almost a thousand years.