为学与为人:李光地的“诚学”

Learning as Self-cultivation:Li Guangdi’s“Sincerity”Theory

李光地学术立场虽有转换,不过从始至终,他最关注的问题,就是“诚”,这也是理解李光地思想的关键。李光地重视诚的程度,在中国思想史上,恐怕也高居前位。究其因由,固然有学理上的依据,也有现实上的需要。因为就李光地看来,经世,并非只是娴熟各种行政手段而已,更重要的是“诚”。他对于诚的理解与建构,成了他评价古今人物的重要观点,而李光地更是巧妙地利用诚的各种说法,来解释自己许多具有争议的事件,他希望籍由“诚”的哲学概念与生活方式,来为自己的行为处事,取得相应的理解。

Li Guangdi's academic stance has changed,but from the beginning to the end,his most concerned issue is"sincerity",also the key to understanding Li Guangdi's thoughts.Li Guangdi's emphasis on sincerity is probably at the forefront in the history of Chinese thought.The reason is of course academically based,but also practical.His understanding and construction of sincerity became an important point of view in his evaluation of ancient and modern figures,and Li Guangdi himself cleverly used various theories of sincerity to explain many of his controversial events.He hoped to obtain a corresponding understanding of his behavior through the philosophy of"sincerity"concepts and lifestyles.