礼乐传统与荀子政治哲学的基本性格

• 作者： 隋思喜 ¹
• 作者单位：
  1.  东北师范大学 马克思主义学部
• 发布时间：2025-02-25

摘要:     荀子政治哲学的解释传统中存在“礼义之统”与“礼乐之统”两种解释原则的范式冲突。 对此两种原则应作何选择,既需要放在先秦儒家礼乐文化传统的思想格局中审视荀子对此文化传统实现了怎样的继承与发展,亦取
决于荀子对“礼”“乐”关系到底持何种态度的判断。 荀子政治哲学的宗旨非“礼义之统”说所能概括,因为从对礼义《诗》《书》的具体态度看,荀子的真正态度并不是推尊礼义而贬抑《诗》《书》;从荀子对周文传统的继承态度看,作为言说六经之简化形式的《诗》《书》《礼》《乐》能代表荀子心目中的周文传统的基本内容。 由荀子论乐与礼具有“情”与“理”的本质不同、“合同”与“别异”的功能不同以及治人心问题上的“穷本极变”与“著诚去伪”的作用不同,可见“礼”“乐”在本质和功能上存在不可通约的本质差异。 故相较于“礼义之统”,“礼乐之统”能在整体上更好地涵括荀子礼治与乐治的全部思想。 依“礼乐之统”解释原则,可以判定荀子政治哲学的基本性格为礼乐政治。

Abstract:      Among different interpretations of Xun Tzu’s political philosophy, there is a paradigm conflict between the two interpretive principles of “the unity of Propriety and Righteousness” and “the unity of Rites and Music”. To make a choice, it is essential not only to examine Xun Tzu’s inheritance and development of this cultural tradition within the ideological framework of the pre-Qin Confucian rites and music culture, but also to hinge on Xun Tzu’s stance towards rites and music. The purpose of Xun Tzu’ s political philosophy cannot be encapsulated by the theory of “the unity of Propriety and Righteousness”. For instance, in terms of Xun Tzu’s specific attitude towards propriety, righteousness, the Book of Poetry , and the Book of Documents ,his genuine stance is not to exalt propriety and righteousness while deprecating the latter two. Moreover, from the perspective of Xun Tzu’s inheritance of the cultural tradition of the Zhou Dynasty, the Book of Poetry, Book of Documents, Book of Rites , and Book of Music can represent the basic content of the cultural tradition in Xun Tzu’s mind. According to Xun Tzu’s philosophy, rites and music possess distinct natures of emotion and reason,
different functions of uniting and differentiating, as well as disparate roles in governing the human mind, namely, “penetrating the essence and adapting to changes” and “manifesting sincerity and eradicating falsehood”. These essential and functional disparities between rites and music indicate that they cannot be simply integrated or substituted. Thus, it becomes evident that, compared with “the unity of Propriety and Righteousness”, “the unity of Rites and Music” can more comprehensively encompass all of Xun Tzu’s thoughts on the rule of rites and music. In accordance with the interpretation principle of “the unity of Rites and Music”, the fundamental nature of Xun Tzu’s political philosophy can be defined as the politics of rites and music

• 分类： 哲学 >> 中国哲学
• 稿件状态： 已在期刊出版
期刊名称： 《管子学刊》 2025年 第2期
• 引用： PSSXiv:202502.01392 (或此版本 PSSXiv:202502.01392V1)
  DOI:10. 19321 / j. cnki. gzxk. issn1002-3828. 2025. 02. 04
  CSTR:32012.36.PSSXiv.202502.01392
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