论荀悦对荀学的接受与转化

On Xun Yue’s Acceptance and Transformation of Xunzi’s Theory

在儒学暗淡的汉魏时期,荀学依然发挥着影响力。作为荀子的后人,荀悦在谶纬神学流行之际,继承其祖遗风,将荀子的自然天道观与东汉流行的“天人感应”说进行整合与重建,主张破除迷信、重视人为,体现出对儒家人文主义精神的挺立;他主张“尽心力、任天命”,提出“三势”说,对荀子的“天生人成”思想进行转化应用;其“刑礼兼”的礼法并重的观点,则直接继承荀子的隆礼重法思想。可以说,荀悦的思想乃汉魏之际荀学发展的典范。

In the Han and Wei Dynasties when Confucianism was dim,Xunzi’s theory still exerted its influence.As a descendant of Xunzi,XunYue inherited his ancestor’s legacy at the time of the popularity of divination prophecy,integrated and reconstructed Xunzi’s view of nature and the popular theory of“interaction between heaven and man”in the Eastern Han Dynasty.He advocated to get rid of superstition and pay attention to man-made activities,which reflected his stand for the humanistic spirit of Confucianism.He advocated“doing our best to fulfill our destiny”,and put forward the theory of“three potentials”,which transformed and applied Xunzi’s thought of“being born human”.His view of paying equal attention to etiquette and law directly inherited Xunzi’s thought.It can be said that Xun Yue’s thought is a model of the development of Xunzi’s theory during the Han and Wei dynasties.