《吕氏春秋》“老聃贵柔”说探微

Exploring the Theory of"Lao Dan Gui Rou"in Lv's Spring and Autumn Annals

《吕氏春秋·不二》首次提出“老聃贵柔”说,并将老子置于孔子之前。这样安排顺序有何寓意?其“贵柔”说提出的背景、原因是什么?依据何在,影响如何,有何意义?这是值得探讨的问题。本文认为,《吕氏春秋》老前孔后的排序与对《老子》五千言主旨的准确提炼,有助于人们对《老子》一书的理解与接受,对提高老聃与《老子》的地位与影响力,具有一定的推动作用。同时,《吕氏春秋》其自身的价值与地位也因评价、整合诸子、保存先秦史料得到了后人的认可,这对《吕氏春秋》在后世的传播与影响,亦有裨益。

Lv's Spring and Autumn Annals-Bu'er firstly puts forward"Lao dan Gui Rou(Lao Zi advocates softness)",and places Lao Zi before Confucius.What does this order suggest?What is the background and reason of the"Gui Rou"theory?What is its basis,impact and significance?These are worth discussing.This paper holds that the sequence of placing Lao Zi before Confucius in Lv's Spring and Autumn Annals and the accurate extraction of the five thousand words of Lao Zi are helpful to people's understanding and acceptance of Lao Zi,and have a certain promoting role in improving the status and influence of Lao Dan and Lao Zi.At the same time,the value and status of Lv's Spring and Autumn Annals has been recognized by the later generations because of the evaluation,integration and preservation of the pre-Qin historical materials,which has also been beneficial to the spread and influence of Lv's Spring and Autumn Annals in the later generations.