对孔子思想实质的再认识

孔子是我国历史上最有影响的思想家。关于孔子思想的实质问题 ,中国早期的马克思主义史学家将其确定为保守、复古 ,代表没落的奴隶主阶级的利益 ,认为孔子的一切言行都是为了恢复“周礼” ,重建旧的奴隶制度。这种看法似乎成为定论 ,即使有反对意见 ,也是闪烁其词 ,不是很明确地表态。本文通过对孔子思想体系的考察 ,发现孔子的思想是进步的。因为孔子支持社会改革 ,赞成社会进步。同时 ,孔子的言论并没有发现为奴隶主阶级的集中代表周天子辩护的部分 ,他的言论只是为卿大夫阶层服务的。所以 ,本文认为孔子思想的实质是代表新兴封建地主阶级上层统治者的利益

A new interpretation of Confucius thought

Confucius was the thinker of the greatest influence in Chinese history. His thought was regarded as conservative, idolizing the ancients and representing the benefit of the declining slave-owner class by the earlier Chinese Marxist historians and their idea seems to have been generally accepted. But this paper holds that Confucius thought in fact respresented the benefit of the upper rulers of the rising feudal landlord class.