董仲舒"正其谊不谋其利,明其道不计其功"本义试析

“正其谊不谋其利 ,明其道不计其功” ,是董仲舒提出的重要命题 ,在后世有着广泛而深远的影响。而对于这一命题的真正含义 ,自古以来就存在不同理解 ,进而导致了对于命题的不同评价。事实上 ,这一命题所处理的 ,不是社会道德与社会整体利益之间的关系问题 ,而是个体行为的道德选择问题 ,因此 ,命题的本义是要求人们严格遵循封建道德 ,抑制自身的私欲 ,使个体私利服从于社会道德和社会整体利益。作为处理个人私利与社会道德、社会整体利益之间关系的一项一般原则 ,该命题至今仍有积极价值 ,值得批判继承。

Analyses of the Original Meaning of Dong Zhongshu'' s Proposition

Dong Zhongshu's important proposition exerts a profound influence on the later generations. Its true connotations, which can be understood in different ways, receive different appraisals. As a matter of fact, this proposition deals with the moral selection of the individual behavior instead of the relationship between the social morality and social integer profits, requires people to abide by the feudal morality and restrain their own selfish desire so that the individual profit can be subordinated to the social integer profits. Coping with the relationship between the personal gains, social morality and social integer profits, this presupposition has its own positive value and is worth critically inheriting.