论秦汉政治思想之嬗替

战国秦汉之际学者对于以往学术史的总结仍以《庄子·天下篇》、司马谈《六家要指》及班固《汉书·艺文志》最具代表性。三种阐述都是将以往的学术思想流派看作是处在同一水平上的、有着同样的发生背景和学术目标 ,即各家都兴起于“周文疲弊”和都是“务为治”的 ,因而诸子百家的价值和作用体现为一种更相嬗替的递进关系。法家、道家、儒家在秦代、西汉前期和西汉中期相继为用 ,前后嬗替 ,对当时社会作出各自的贡献。

The Evolution of the Schools of Political Thought in the Qin and Han Dynasties

Zhuangzi's “Under the Heaven”, SIMA Tan's “The Summary of Six Faimili es” and BAN Gu's “Han Book-History of Yiwen” are the most representative of all historical accounts of schools of political thought made by the scholars in the late Qin Dynasty and early Han Dynasty. They all claimed that the schools of tho ught were on the same level and had the same background and aim. They evolved ou t of and replaced one after another. The Legalist was the orthodox political tho ught in the Qin Dynasty, and Taoism in the primary stage of the Han, and Confuci us in the middle stage of the Han. The three were replaced one by one, and they all made contributions to that period.