序迄今为止,那些孟子思想的批判者认为:孟子的思想过于理想主义,缺乏客观性,是自以为是的主观主义的产物。的确,荀子的性恶说较之孟子的性善说,抑或读《告子篇》中孟子与告子的问答,都难免会得出这样的印象:荀子、告子的理论在条理性上更为通畅,孟子的理论明显缺乏说服力,所以被贬斥为诡辩家也属事出有因。然而,为了实现其理想中的仁义而力排众议地勇往直前。孟子的这种激情给予读者以极大的震撼,并产生了颇多的成语故事。即便是在日本, To date, critics of Mencius ’thought have argued that Mencius’ thinking is too idealistic and objectivity is a product of self-righteous subjectivism. Indeed, Xunzi’s sexuality and evil are far from the Mencius’s goodness theory, or read the “report articles” Mencius and Gaozi question and answer, will inevitably come to this impression: Xunzi, the theory of the more rational Smooth, Mencius’s theory is clearly lacking in persuasion, so being denigrated as a sophist is also a cause. However, in order to achieve their ideal of benevolence, they are brave enough to move forward. Mencius’s passion for this book gives the reader a tremendous shock, and produced a lot of idioms. Even in Japan,