王安石的性命学说

道德性命在王安石是一整体观念。从这一观念出发,王安石不仅对性情关系、性命关系作了理论阐述,认为性情本来一体,其不同在于性属未发而情属已发,性无善恶而情有善恶,命有正命、兼命;并且基于儒家伦理价值的立场,强调人由“习”和“养”转向善,实现正性和人为之命。王安石的性命学说对于宋前期的儒学复兴运动及其未来走向有其积极意义和深远影响。

Wang Anshi's Doctrine of Humanity and Destiny

The concept of morality, humanity and destiny was a whole for Wang Anshi. Proceeding from the concept, Wang Anshi theoretically elaborated the relations between humanity and sentiment, between humanity and destiny. He held that humanity and sentiment were originally an organic whole, and the difference between the two lied in that humanity had not arisen but sentiment had, humanity had not the essential distinction between good and evil but sentiment and the destiny comprised the proper one and the proper-and-artificial one. Besides, He emphasized mankind advanced towards virtue and fulfilled the proper humanity and the artificial destipy by "studying" and "Cultivating" based on the stand of the Confucian ethics value. The doctrine is active and far-reaching for the Confucianism revival movement during the early pened of Song dynasty and the school's future trend.