荀子广义人性论研究

Xunzi’s General Theory of Human Nature

目前关于荀子人性论的研究主要限于性之善恶问题,尽管包含不少富有启示的见解,但总体上未能完整揭示荀子人性论的丰富内涵,亦无法完整构建荀子人性论和荀子整个哲学思想体系的逻辑关联。本文以广义人性论研究为进路,试图摆脱当前大陆学者过于注重人先天善恶之辨抑或性伪之争的研究局限,聚焦于荀子所谓人区别于万物后天的“能善、能思、能群”特质研究,以更广的视野考察荀子人性论之丰富内涵,并由荀子“能善、能思、能群”相关人性三大特质论证展开,建构荀子广义人性论和荀子整个思想体系之间的逻辑关联,建构荀子人性论、内圣论、外王论三大理论极点的逻辑关联。

Xunzi’s theory of human nature is highly concerned by the current Chinese scholars and has made important progress,however,the current study on the human nature of Xunzi in the mainland focuses too much on the debate between the innate good and evil and the humanity falsity,the argument of good and evil,or of humanity hypocrisy,although it contains many enlightening insights,it seems unable to construct the logical connection between Xunzi’s theory of human nature and Xunzi’s philosophy.In this paper,we try to take the generalized theory of human nature as the approach,that is,to get rid of the nature research of the nature of human nature,and focus on the difference between human beings and the nature of"being good,being think,and being group",and to examine the essential characteristics of human nature in a broader perspective,at the same time,through Xunzi’s three qualities of"being good,able to think,and being able to group",construct the logical association between Xunzi generalized human theory and Xunzi’s whole thought system,and construct the logical association between three theoretical poles of human nature theory,inner sanctity theory and exogenous theory of Xunzi ideology.