再论程颐“以公论仁”说

Further Discussion on Cheng Yi’s Viewpoint of “Explain Humanity with Impartial Heart”

从学术史的发展脉络来看,研究者多在讨论程颐的“以公论仁”说时,相对忽略了此说经典解释的语境。回到经典解释的语境中,程颐“以公‘论’仁”主要是通过“忠”“恕”两个概念构建起“公”与“仁”的关系,前者是用,后者是体,二者即体即用,共同构成“以公‘论’仁”的精义。而程颐之所以选择“公”来训解“仁”,除了理论考虑之外,政治考量也是其中的重要内涵,他希望通过“公”来重建“仁”在治道上的指导地位。

From the perspective of the development of academic history,most researchers discuss Cheng Yi’s viewpoint of “explain humanity with impartial heart” in the context of neo-confucianism while neglecting the context of the classic interpretation of this theory.In the context of classic interpretation,Cheng Yi constructed the relationship between “impartial heart” and “humanity” mainly through the two concepts of “loyalty” and “forgiveness”.In addition to theoretical consideration,political consideration is also an important connotation of Cheng Yi’s choice of “impartial heart” to explain “humanity”.He hopes to rebuild Ren’s guiding position throngh “impartial heart” in governance.