"其生也非一朝,而其歼也在顷刻"--浅谈刘基《郁离子》的江海魏阙之思

Ideas on Principles of Life from Liu Ji's Work Yulizi

元末刘基的寓言集《郁离子》既对当时社会政治、道德、用人等方面作了准确地诊病,同时也给出了根治的药方。本着生存的目的,遏制贪欲,讲求信义,以和谐人和天地,以增强天下的抟聚力,这在我们今天无疑也可以起到警世醒世的作用。

In Yulizi,a fable collection in late Yuan Dynasty,LiuJi(1311-1357)had not only diagnosed sharply the problems on the aspects of social politics,morality and official promotion,but also offered radical prescriptions such as containing human greed,sticking to people's trust,and enhancing social cohesion by harmonizing people with their environment,to providing warn and awake people today.