先秦儒家“君子观”的流变

On the Transformation of Confucian “Gentleman Conception”in the Pre-Qin Period

在先秦儒家所设定的社会体系中,除了处于统治地位的"君"和处于被统治地位的"民"之外,还有一个阶层是社会的中坚力量,即"君子"。在先秦儒家的观念里,"君子"是儒家理想人格的象征,而一个君子应该具有的基本的构成条件并非一成不变。从《论语》《孟子》《荀子》等先秦儒家经典著作中,撷取关于"君子"的片段,梳理先秦儒家"君子观"的变化轨迹。

In addition to “King”, who was the ruler, and “People”, who was the ruled, the social system de-signed in the Pre-Qin Period also includes“Gentleman”, who constitutes a nuclear force in society. In the Pre-Qin Confucian’s idea,“Gentleman” is the symbol of Confucian ideal personality and the qualities of what make a“gen-tleman”vary from time to time. This paper studies the discussion on “gentleman” excerpted from such classical Confucian works as Confucian Analects, Mencius, and Xunzi so as to analyze the transformation of Confucian“gen-tleman conception” in the Pre-Qin Period.