善恶之辨：孟子与荀子人性观的分野

人性问题,是中国古代哲学的重大议题之一,对这一议题的讨论影响着儒家理论思想风貌的变化,孟子与荀子关于人性观点的对立更加丰富了先秦儒家思想的内涵。秦汉以后,由于政治因素的介入,孔孟思想逐渐成为主流,而荀子的思想日趋边缘。今天人们再来看这个问题,无论是人性本善还是人性本恶已经变得不太重要了,重要的是他们都秉持着人们后天对自己的道德约束可以完善自己的人性这一观点,这对身处物质时代的人们才是最有教育意义的。

Dispute of Good or Evil:the Dividing Line of Human Nature outlook between Mengzi and Xunzi

Human nature is one of the major issues of the ancient Chinese philosophy,the discussion of the subject affect the outlook of the Confucian theory of ideological change,the opposing point of view of human nature of Mencius and Xunzi more enriched the connotation of the pre-Qin Confucianism.After the Qin and Han Dynasties,due to the intervention of political factors,Confucius and Mencius has gradually become the mainstream thinking,and Xunzi's thinking became more marginal.Today we will look at this issue,wh...