十七世纪中国政治、社会思想诉求的维度——对《明夷待访录》的一种新解读

《明夷待访录》提出的政治、社会诉求,经明末以来诸多思想家、学者研究,解释,但各有窒碍。结合16、17世纪中国政治、社会历史变迁对《明夷待访录》文本进行解读,可认为其政治社会诉求之基本指向,是一种开明帝制农商社会。此种社会理想,有明代社会实际为事实基础,有儒家为主之传统政治哲学为渊源,并非资本主义、民主社会之直接建议,而是17世纪中国社会与文明嬗变的一种可能性之思想表现。

The Dimensions of the 17th-century Chinese Political and Social Appeal——A Fresh Interpretation of Ming-yi Dai-fang Lu by Huang Zongxi

Mingyi Daifang Lu is a crucial document produced by the 17th century thinker Huang Zongxi presenting a system of political and social appeals for that era.Under a careful examination and taking all the previous interpretation and comments,this article concludes that this document deserves a fresh interpretation.With an approach of combining the study of historical facts with the text of Mingyi Daifang Lu,this article argues that the political and social appeal of Mingyi Daifang Lu is towards an enlightened Imperial Agric-mercantile Society.Such a design of political and social system,which takes the actual experience of the Ming history under consideration and takes Confucianism dominating traditional Chinese political and social philosophy as a resource of thinking,are not direct suggestion of Capitalism or democratic societies.Rather,it is an intellectual demonstration of one of the several potentials of the Chinese society and civilization in the 17th century.