荀子“法王说”及其对战国诸子的攻驳  

Xun Zi's "Theory of Following King" and Its Retort upon the Philosophers in Warring-States

作　　者：黄海烈[1] 

机构地区：[1]吉林大学古籍研究所,吉林长春130012

出　　处：《齐鲁学刊》2010年第4期15-21,共7页Qilu Journal

基　　金：国家社会科学基金青年项目(09CZS009);教育部人文社会科学研究青年项目(09YJC770024)

摘　　要：荀子"法王说"可细分为"法先王"和"法后王",该学说上承孔子,旁绍孟子之余绪,结合时势赋予新的内涵,进一步充实完善儒家政治思想体系。荀子"法王说"的提出,不仅对孟子的"略法先王"发难,更欲攻驳战国诸子之偏弊。"法先王"和"法后王",分别针对诸子学说中"不法先王、不顺礼义"和"是古非今、说不及后王"之言论加以批判。但无论是"法先王"或是"法后王",其核心宗旨都为"隆礼义"。荀子所谓"后王"大致应在三代之内,以周代圣王为妥,似还包括周公、孔子。Xun Zi＇s ＂Theory of Following King＂ can be divided into ＂Following Earlier King＂ and ＂Following Later King＂. It was a new theory that had absorbed the thoughts of Confucius and drew lessons from Mencius and had greatly perfected the political ideology of Confucianism. Not only did the ＂Theory of Following King＂ point out the defects of Mencius＇s ＂Following Earlier King Sketchily＂, but also retorted the drawbacks of other schools. ＂Following Earlier King＂ criticized the view of discarding the practice of earlier kings and ＂Following Later King＂ disapproved the idea that all the former was better than the latter. The final aim of both of them was to emphasize ＂standardization＂. In addition, the ＂later king＂ that Xun Zi referred may be in Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasty, especially should be the king in Zhou which included the brother of King Wu and Confucius.

关 键 词：荀子 战国诸子 法先王 法后王 

分 类 号：B222.6[哲学宗教—中国哲学]