德与善的探索--郭店楚墓竹简《五行》新说

本文从构建和谐人心、和谐人生、和谐社会的新视角出发,对郭店楚墓竹简<五行>做出了新的诠释.认为<五行>的主题是通过对德与善的探索试图建构一种将五种社会道德规范(即"五行")内化为人们的品德信念(即"五行型于内")以及将人们的品德信念外化为具体的品德行为的道德体验模式.阐明了圣人既能闻君子道、洞识君子道,将君子道内化为品德信念,又能将君子道外化为品德行为,圣人能将天道、人道、君子道集于一身,探索美德,追求美德.论述了君子是"和则同,同则善"的集人道之大成的"善"的探索追求者,是追求四行和的"善"的境界的智者.<五行>的和谐思想既不同于孔子的"君子和而不同,小人同而不和"的和谐思想,也不同于孟子的和谐思想,亦不同于<左传>的"八年之中,九合诸侯,如乐之和,无所不谐".

A Search for Morality and Kindness

From the new angle of construction of harmonious human heart, harmonious life and harmonious society, the paper reinterprets Wu Xing in banboo slips found in Guodian. The theme of Wu Xing is to construct a mode of moral experience which can transform the five kinds of social moral principles into people's moral character and belief, and therefore into the specific moral behavior through the search for morality and kindness. Saint can not only listen to and understand the doctrine of a man of noble character, but also transform it into his moral character and belief, and therefore into his moral behavior. Saint can combine Nature's Law, humanity with the law of a man of noble character to explore and search for moral excellence. A man of noble character is a pursuer of kindness and a wise man to seek for realm of kindness. The idea of harmony in Wu Xing is different from that of Confucius and that of Mencius.