方东美释论中国古代哲学家的理想政治信仰

方东美以广大和谐的生命精神为主旨,揭示了中国古代理想政治思想世界.他将儒道墨三家的政治思想一同视为德治思想,并从生命哲学的角度解释了德治思想的形上基础,即是天地体撰万物、生生不息的生命精神.他追根溯源,叙述了德治思想成立的过程.他认为,在以儒家为核心的指导中国人生活的思想中,政治思想与道德精神是融而为一的,政治生活的形式就是道德生活的形式.政治生活就是要贯彻广大和谐的生命精神.

Fang Dongmei's Interpretation and Expounding of Ancient Chinese Philosophers' Ideal Political Belief

Based on vastness and harmony, Fang Dongmei disclosed the ideal theological and political world in ancient China. He regarded Confucianism, Taoism and Mohism as the thought of rule by virtue, and explained the basis of this thought from the angle of life philosophy. He also traced and expounded its process of formation. He held that according to the Confucianism-based theology that governs the life of the Chinese, political thought and moral spirit are combined as one, the form of political life being that of moral life. Political life aims at carrying out the spirit of the infinite and harmonious life.