孟子之前的儒学性善论研究

Confucian Theory of Good Human Nature before Mencius

人性论是中国古代哲学之重点。孟子的性善论具有开创性贡献,其中也继承了前代儒家学者的思想。在孔子与孔门后学那里,性善论已经初露端倪。从孔子到孟子是性善论从背景到前台的过渡阶段。儒学性善论是在自然人性之上的哲学建构,预设了天道与人心之互通,指出了人超越自身局限之可能,其目的亦在于教化。性善论决定了原始儒学之修身路径以顺从人性之本体发明与涵养为主。性善哲学是儒学之主要特色,它给人类以尊严与价值,也伴随更大的责任伦理,于当今时代有重要价值。

Theory of human nature is the key issue of traditional Chinese philosophy.Mencius good human nature is pioneering,but also inherited from earlier Confucian scholars.In the teaching of Confucius and his disciples,the implication of good human nature is already clear.Form Confucius to Mencius,theory of good human nature comes from background to forestage.Confucian good human nature is a philosophical construction aimed at moralization;it presupposes the intercommunication between heart-mind and Heavenly Dao.The theory of good human nature defines the path of self-cultivation of the original Confucianism as the revelation of subjective ontology.As the major characteristic of Confucianism,good human nature endows human dignity as well as entrusts human beings of greater responsibility.It carries important value in present age.