新四书问题管窥

On New Four Books

儒家的真道统应该是黄帝、颛顼、帝喾、尧、舜、禹、汤、文、武、周公、孔子、子夏、穀梁子、荀子、孟子。因为孟子跟从子夏、穀梁子这一派学习,独立出去后恢复或重建了子思之学,所以附于荀子之后。孔子是先圣,荀子被称为后圣,孟子被称为亚圣或附圣。所谓新四书,即《荀子·劝学》《论语》《孟子》《荀子·大略》。

The genuine Confucian orthodoxy authorit system should be Huangdi (Yellow Emperor), Zhuanxu, Diku, Yao, Shun, Yu (Yu the Great), Tang, Wen (King Wen of Zhou), Wu (King Wu of Zhou), Zhou Gong (Duke of Zhou), Confucius, Zixia, Guliangzi, Xunzi and Mencius. Because Mencius studied from the school of Zixia and Guliangzi, he restored or reconstructed Zisi s learning and theory after going out independently, so he was attached to Xunzi. Confucius is the Former Saint, and Xunzi is called the Later Sage directly relative to Confucius. Mencius is called the Sub-saint or the Attached Sage relative to Xunzi. The New Four Books, that is Encourage Learning of Xunzi, The Analects of Confucius, Mencius and General Idea of Xunzi.