从“直觉”到“理性”——梁漱溟对儒家道德心性的诠释

From “Intuition” to “Rationality”——Liang Shuming's Interpretation of Confucian Inner Morality

梁漱溟对儒家道德心性的诠释经历了两个阶段。早期梁漱溟引入"直觉"概念来诠释儒家的"仁"、"中庸"等道德心性。20世纪30年代中期以后,梁漱溟认识到了其早期道德直觉说的局限,改用"理性"概念诠释儒家的道德心性。梁漱溟后期的"理性"概念,依然保留了好善恶恶的直觉情感成分,又加入了理性判断的成分,可谓对前期"直觉"概念的继承和升华,也代表其对儒家道德心性之理解的不断深入。

Liang Shuming's interpretation of Confucian inner morality has gone through two stages.At the early stage,Liang Shuming introduced the concept of "intuition"to interpret Confucian morality such as"benevolence"and"moderation".After the mid-30s of the 20th century,Liang Shuming realized the limitations of his early thought of moral intuition and thus used the concept of"rationality"to interpret Confucian inner morality.The concept of "rationality"in the later period still retained the intuitive and emotional components of pursuing goodness and avoiding evil,and added the elements of rational judgment.It could be said to have inherited and sublimated the concept of "intuition"in the early stage,and also represented Liang Shuming's deepening understanding of Confucian inner morality.