范蠡的思想人格试论

范蠡是中国早期杰出的政治家、军事家,他远见卓识而又善于审时度势。范蠡又是先秦时期杰出的思想家,他主张天道人事相和谐,强调人的主观必须符合客观才能事业有成。范蠡还是难得的商业家和实业家,他弃发出光,亦没有消极退,而是冲破传统的轻商观念,治产经商,继续为社会做贡献。他的思想和人格对后世产生了积极而又深远的影响。

On Fan Li's Ideological Character

Fan Li was a remarkable statesman and strategist in the earlier period of China. He had farsightedness, and was good at observing the times and judging the occasion. Fan Li was also a distinguished thinker. He believed in the harmony of natural law and affairs of men, and emphasized that men would achieve success when men's subjectivity was in conformity with the objectivity. Fan Li was also a good merchant and businessman, lie gave up the office work, but he didn't retire from public life. He broke through the traditional idea of looking down on engaging in business, did business and continued making contributions to the society. His thought and character exerted active and profound influences on the later generations.