荀子道德哲学的政治技术化转向

The Political Technological Turn of Xunzi’s Moral Philosophy

学界公认儒家哲学以道德伦理见长,然而对儒家道德哲学在发展进程中所出现的政治技术化转向却有所忽略。在儒家道德哲学的发展进程中,自荀子开始出现了一种政治技术化的转向,这是荀子对中国传统儒学思想最为独特的学术贡献。荀子的“外王”之道的本质正是政治技术化,主张运用技术手段来进行社会治理。荀子道德哲学的政治技术化转向呈现出由“礼”而“法”的特征,从道德层面走向政治层面。荀子将道德哲学进行政治技术化的转向提示我们,道德只有扎根于现实生活才有独特的生命力。

It is generally acknowledged that Confucian philosophy is good at moral ethics, but the political technicalization in the development process of Confucian moral philosophy has been ignored.In the process of the development of Confucian moral philosophy, there has been a turn of political technicalization since Xunzi, which is the most unique academic contribution of Xunzi to Chinese traditional Confucianism.The essence of Xunzi’s "external king" is political technicalization, which advocates the use of technical means for social governance.The political technicalization of Xunzi’s moral philosophy shows the characteristics from "courtesy" to "law",from the moral level to the political level.Xunzi’s turn to political technicalization of moral philosophy reminds us that morality has unique vitality only when it is rooted in real life.