摘要
荀子既言"法先王",又言"法后王",遭到后世批判。然考察诸家所论,均未得荀子本意。借用荀子自己的话来概括其本意,就是"以义变应"、"以义制事",即后王以先王成功治国的普适性理念,来应对当时错综复杂的形势,化普适性理念为具体政治实践,从而造福生民。
Xunzis view that current kings should learn from the previous kings was criticized by later generation scholars, but the criticizers failed to grasp his original intentions. According to his own words, his intentions were ＂coping with changes with justiee＂ and ＂managing affairs with justice＂, that is, later kings should draw on the political ideas that had been proven successful and universal to cope with the complicated contemporary situations and benefit people.
出处
《五邑大学学报（社会科学版）》
2009年第3期19-23,共5页
Journal of Wuyi University(Social Sciences Edition)
关键词
先王
后王
以义变应
历史对话
previous kings
later kings
coping with changes with justice
historical dialogues
