韩愈复兴儒学探析

Analysis of HAN Yu's Revival of Confucianism

韩愈为复兴儒学做了不懈的努力与探索,是宋儒兴复儒学的前驱。韩愈对儒学发展的探讨从两个方面进行:一方面揭露佛道理论之虚妄;另一方面力图恢复儒学的"内圣外王"之道,以应对现实中的种种问题。韩愈在儒学发展中的贡献主要是为后世儒学发展奠定了致思方向,而非对具体的儒学理论作出圆融的解答。

HAN Yu in Tang Dynasty was the precursor of NeoConfucianism, who had made great efforts for revival of Confucianism. He probed into the development of Confucianism from two aspects: on the one hand he denounced the fallacy of Buddhism and Taoism; On the other hand he endeavored to renewal Confucianism advocating ' inner to be saint and outer to be emperor ' to solve some practical problems. It was HAN Yu's main contribution that offered the thinking method for the progression of Confucianism in late ages, not perfectly explained concrete theory of Confucianism