法家视野下的“尧”形象探究

Research on the Image of Yao under the View of Legalism

尧是儒家笔下的贤君、圣人,在法家笔下尧则遭到了强烈的批判。法家对尧禅让一事和贤人政治都提出了不同看法。法家还把尧改造成了一个法治思想与变法革新思想的代言人,以及宣传法家思想的工具。这种改造一方面是因为儒法两家的渊源关系,另一方面是提高法家学说影响力的需要。

Yao is a great sage under the view of Confucianism,but he is strongly criticized by legalism,which has different views on the abdication and the rule by sage.Besides,legalism reforms Yao to become the spokesman of legal thoughts and reformation thoughts,and a tool to publicize the idea of legalism.There are two reasons for this transform,the relationship between Confucianism and legalism,and the need to raise the influence of legalism.