先秦诸子论礼与法(下)

法家以重“法”而称于世。梁启超说:“其发生甚早或竟在儒家前”,其确立则在儒墨道之后[1]（p78）。春秋至于战国,其代表人物多直接参与政治,为相于各诸侯国,如管仲、子产、李悝、吴起、申不害、商鞅等。而立言者则有慎到、韩非,又“《管

The Ideology of the Great Minds in the Pre-Qin Period of Time about the Propriety and the Law (Part One)

The ideology of "the propriety and the law" is very important in the history of the development of thinking, especially the political thinking, in ancient China. This paper is devoted to the discussion of the ideology of the Great Minds in the Pre-Qin period of time about the "Propriety and the Law". It goes to examine the spiritual connotation of "the Propriety and the Law", and the historic changes in the relation between the idea of the Propriety and that of the Law in the Pre-Qin days (the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period). Thus the paper traces back to this historic period of time which marked the dividing line in the history of political thinking in ancient China.