先秦儒家内圣外王的思想内涵及其现代价值

The Connotation and Modern Value of the Confucian Ideology of Inner Sage and External King in Pre-Qin Dynasty

先秦儒家的内圣外王之道是放眼于春秋战国时群雄逐鹿、战火四起的动乱格局,而提出的兼具修身与治国的理想主张。内圣外王这一思想是分散于儒学经典文本之中的,但通过对《论语》《大学》《中庸》《孟子》等典籍内圣外王思想内涵的梳理发现,儒家内圣外王之道包含着内以修身成圣、外以治世成王的理想主张,形成了内圣工夫与外王理想的有机统一体。内圣外王思想中蕴含的修身成圣、治世成王的价值取向,对社会主义核心价值观的培育和践行,可以起到重要的价值认同和辅助作用。

The Confucian idea of“inner sage and external king”is an ideal idea for cultivation of moral character and governance of a country.It was put forward by the Confucians of pre-Qin dynasty in view of the turmoil period of feudal lords vying for the throne in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.The idea is scattered among Confucian classics,but by examining the connotations in The Analects,The Great Learning,The Doctrine of the Mean,and Mencius,it is found that the Confucian idea includes the ideals to cultivate moral character into being a sage and govern a country into being a governor,and forms an organic unity of the ideals of inner sage and external king.The idea can play an important role in the cultivation and practice of socialist core values.