论君子的人格

The Personality of a Gentleman

在中国走向现代平等社会的过程中,“君子人格”的高尚伦理是否还有意义?它的性质和作用主要是什么?这需要追溯到在中国源远流长的“君子人格”的含义和特点。梁启超根据《周易》,将君子人格的基本特点概括为“自强不息”和“厚德载物”两点,但观照人性,更需要强调前者的“勉强”和“自胜”,后者的“积德”和“包容”。仔细分析“君子人格”的具体内容,则可以依据现代的眼光,重视其中的“义利之分”和“忠恕之道”。而将君子伦理与古罗马的高尚伦理做一比较,当能帮助我们更清楚地认识传统中国“君子人格”之“文质彬彬”的特质。

What is the significance of the noble ethics of the“gentleman personality”in the era when China is moving towards a modern equal society?What are its properties and functions?We need to trace the meaning and characteristics of the“gentleman personality”which has a long history in China.According to the Book of Changes,Liang Qichao summed up the basic characteristics such as“self-improvement”and“virtue-bearing”,but regarding human nature,it seems more necessary to emphasize the former's“reluctance”and“self-victory”,and the latter's“virtue”and tolerance.Careful analysis of the specific content of the“gentleman personality”,can be based on modern vision to pay attention to the“justice and benefit”and“loyalty and forgiveness”.Comparing the gentleman's ethics with the noble ethics of ancient Rome can help us to understand the traditional Chinese gentle-man's personality more clearly.