先秦儒家的富贵道义观与市场经济伦理

长期以来,人们一直认为儒家是重义轻利的,并把某些时期中国经济发展的落后归结为儒家重义轻利思想的影响。其实,儒家思想虽有重义轻利的一面,也有肯定现世的功利主义和相信财富作为道德完美的一种普遍手段的价值观念,特别是在先秦儒家那里。本文从分析先秦儒家富贵道义观提出的时代背景和人性基础出发,对先秦儒家的富贵道义观进行初步分析,意在为我国市场经济伦理的确立提供传统资源。

The Original Confucian Morality and Modern Market Economical Ethic

For a long time, it is said that Confucian regards value justice higher than material gains and cause in some extent the economy development behind the time. In fact, from the angle of human essence and the age background, the Original Confucian school claims that the goods can become the general tool of moral perfection, which should regard as the traditional elements to be adopted by modern market economical ethic.