关于曾子孝道政治观的若干思考

On the Political Philosophy of Zeng Zi’s Filial Piety

孔门弟子曾子 (前 50 5-前 4 35年 )是春秋时期重要的思想家。继承孔子晚年对于政治的新理解 ,他致力于孝道的体系化和普遍化 ,担负起在中国倡导孝道的使命。他的工作 ,使孝道在仁学中占据了重要的位置。儒学在曾子的影响下 ,开始走向了下层民众 ,从而使其道德的和社会的成分都提高了一步。正是在这个意义上 ,曾子的学说对于儒学发展有重大影响。突破了对上无限服从的传统界限 ,儒学转向了以仁服人、以德治国的新途 。

Zeng Zi (505-435 B.C.) was one of the most excellent disciples of Confucius. Throwing much of his energy on the stud y of filial duty, he did most impressive contribution for the development of Con fucian philosophy. Filial duty was a type of moral behavior that achieved sudde n and widespread popularity in China during the sixth and fifth centuries B.C. By examining the connection between Zeng Zi’s idea and the social reality, the author throws new light on the intellectual and social history. The filial duty originally functioned as guides to keep family relationships, but this paper sho ws how Confucius and Zeng Zi began to use them as aids in the establishment for social morality and social order, by this way, filial duty became social politic s.