东汉伦理政治初探

伦理政治的迷失是新朝政权倏忽兴亡的重要原因.刘秀复汉的成功,与对儒家思想的借重是分不开的.儒家政治伦理作为东汉极力表彰的意识形态,享有崇高地位,并与政治实践密切结合.伦理制衡既体现为东汉前期皇帝对治道和施政政策的主动调整,也体现在儒臣对朝廷决策和施政的约束和引导,从而发挥了一定的政治调节作用.东汉素来以朝廷表彰名节、士风高亢而彪炳中古史册,这构成该时期伦理控制的鲜明特征.东汉社会的伦理冲突,集中表现为清流士大夫捍卫德治传统、与黑暗势力的殊死斗争.

First probe into the ethical politics of Eastern Han Dynasty

The lost of ethical politics was an important reason why the Xin Dynasty crumpled so quickly. The resuming of Han Dynasty by LiuXiu rely on the Confucianism. Confucian political ethic, as an ideology commended by the Eastern Han government, enjoyed high standing and combined with political practice. The ethic check and balance not only embodied in initiatively adjusting to governing doctrine and administrative politics by early emperors, but also binding and leading the imperial government's policy decision and administrative politics by Confucian officials so as to acting on political regulation. Eastern Han shined through ancient history for imperial government's praise of moral integrity and scholars' sonorous spirit, which formed the bright character of ethic control in this term. The conflict of ethic in Eastern Han focused on the honest scholars' protecting moral rule tradition and struggle against forces of darkness.