以“情”论“性”——孟子人性论思想新探

孟子人性论一方面对孔子人性论进行继承和重构式地拓展，使儒家人性论思想获得系统性发展；另一方面，又显示其独特性，即孟子从“情”出发对人的本质属性进行规定，而且其人性论思想体现为情理精神的特色。也正因为孟子以“情”论“性”，“情”在儒家道德哲学体系中的本体地位也随之确立。可以说，孟子以“情”论“性”的人性论思想显示出其独特的道德哲学意义，即孟子在人性论中对“情”的本体地位的确立，为儒家情理主义道德哲学形态的形成和发展提供了道德形而上的根据。

Studying Nature from Emotion :a New Exploration of Mencius' Ideas of Human Nature

On the one hand,Mencius inherited and developed Confucius' theory of human nature in order that the Confucian theory of human nature could be developed systematically. On the other hand,the theory of human nature by Mencius had its own features. In other words,Mencius interpreted human nature from emotion and his theory of human nature took on the features of spirit of reason. Therefore,the theory of human nature from Mencius established the ontological status of emotion in the system of Confucian moral phi...