论牟宗三的理气观——兼释文化与科学之问题

On Mou Zongsan’s Li-Qi Theory

理气关系是儒学的重要论题,新儒家重要代表人物牟宗三就理气关系做出独到的分析。牟宗三的理气观可以概括为理本气末、理气两层、理气共存三个方面。理本气末体现了道德世界的超越性,理气两层保证了自然世界的独立性,理气共存实现了道德世界与自然世界的贯通性。牟宗三的理气观的现实指向是现代世界中文化与科学的关系问题。

The relationship between Li and Qi is an important topic in Confucianism.Mou Zongsan,an important representative of the Neo-Confucianism,has made an unique analysis of the relationship between Li and Qi.Mouzongsan’s view of Li and Qi can be summarized into three aspects.Firstly,Li is the essentials while Qi trivals;sencondly,Li and Qi separate in two layers;thirdly,Li and Qi co-existe.The first aspect reflects the transcendence of the moral world.The second aspect demonstrastes the independence of the natural world.And the third aspect realizes the connectivity of the moral world and the natural world.Mou Zongsan’s Li-Qi theory reveals the relationship between culture and science in the modern world.