简论《淮南子》人性论中的儒家慎独思想

On the Confucian Thought of Carefulness in the Theory of Human Nature in Huainanzi

《淮南子》秉承儒道融合的人性论观点,构建了一个复杂的人性论体系,并特别强调修身养性对人性塑造的作用。在论述修身养性的方法时,《淮南子》融合了儒家的“君子慎独”思想,体现了“诚心正意”和“返性节欲”的人性修养途径,并最终落实于“身国同治”这一兼济天下的目标。《淮南子》中体现的儒家慎独思想,不但对人修身养性、提升人生境界具有借鉴价值,而且对国家在社会主义现代化建设过程中加强思想道德建设具有重要意义。

Huainanzi adheres to the view of human nature of the fusion of Confucianism and Taoism,constructs a complex system of human nature,and especially emphasizes the role of self-cultivation in shaping human nature.When discussing the methods of self-cultivation,Huainanzi integrates the Confucian thought of“being cautious of being alone”and embodies the way of human cultivation of“sincerity”and“returning to sex abstinence”,and finally implements the goal of“governing the country and the body”to care about the whole society.The thought of“being cautious of being alone”embodied in Huainanzi is not only an important way to cultivate one's self-cultivation and pursue the realm of life,but also of great significance to strengthen the ideological and moral construction of the country in the period of social transformation.