阳明“致良知”论与社会文明

Yangming’s Thought of “To Conscience” and Social Civilization

“致良知”,是阳明心学之宗旨与归宿。良知是人的本性,也是天理;“致良知”是对自身良知的认真体认,并把良知体现于事事物物。“致良知”是教人觉醒道德本性,做能以“理”驾驭“欲”的圣贤,集真正意义的人。“致良知”论揭示了道德与社会文明的密切关系,启示:有道德才有文明社会;构筑人类命运共同体必须有道德基石。

“To conscience” is the purpose and destination of Yangming’s theory of mind. Conscience is not only human nature, but also natural reason.“To conscience” is a conscientious recognition of one’s own conscience, and people embody conscience into everything.“To conscience” is to teach people to awaken their moral nature, to be a sage who can control “desire” with “reason”, and to be the human in essence. The theory of “to conscience” reveals the close relationship between morality and social civilization, and enlightens us that only with morality can a civilized society be built, and that the building of a community of human destiny must be based on morality.