论王船山历史哲学的主体精神

船山认为,人不仅是“天地之心”,自然的“主持者”,还是历史的创造者,以及历史具有意义的象征.在历史中“君相”固然可以“相天造命”,而“一介之士,莫不有造焉”.历史是人参天化育的过程.一方面,人创造了历史;另一方面,历史也创造了人.可以说“相天造命”论集中体现了王船山历史哲学的主体精神.

On the Subject Spirit of Wang chuanshan's Historical Philoso phy

Wang chuanshan believed that human who was not only the heart of heaven and earth and the director of nature, but also the creator of history and the symbol of history having meaning. True, monarch and prime minister could assist heaven and create destiny, but none of common people couldn't do it. History is a growth process of human civilized by learning and assisting heaven principle. On the one hand, human creates history; on the other hand, history also creates human. So the argument of assisting heaven and creating destiny focuses to explain the subject spirit of Wang chuanshan's historical philosophy.