简析荀、孟天道观终极层面的一致性

An Analysis of the Harmony between XUN Zi′s and MENG Zi′s View on Divine Order of Things on the Ultimate Level

荀子、孟子在天道观本体论的最高层面具有一致性,即在终极层面的“礼”中,在“君臣、父子、兄弟、夫妇,始则终,终则始,与天地同理,与万世同久,夫是之谓大本”的“礼”处,荀、孟走到了一起。但是,孟子主张教化为先,强调内省,用伦理道德来教化被统治阶级;荀子却主张礼在法先,强调在具体的操作过程中礼法并用。

XUN Zi and MENG Zi shares one view of divine order of things on the ultimate level of ontology, that is, they enjoy the same view on “Li' existing in the relation between the king and his subjects, father and son, brothers and couples. But MENG Zi advocates the priority of instructive persuasion and stresses retrospection and ethics and moral to instruct the ruled, whereas XUN Zi claims that “Li' goes before “Law' and focuses them both in a specific operation.