在中国历史上，被人们普遍认同的“圣人”寥寥无几，屈指数来，大约只有尧、舜、禹、汤、文、武、周公和后来的孔夫子。然而这些寥若晨星的“圣人”却在中国传统文化发展的各个历史时期的各个层次和侧面上投下了他们庞大的身影。无论是在诸子纷起，百家争鸣的先秦，还是在西学 In the history of China, there are only a few “saints” whom people generally agree on. Only the Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wen, Wu, Zhou Gong and later Confucius come from the index. However, these “saints” who were rarely seen in Morningstar cast their shadow on all levels and sides of various historical periods in the development of Chinese traditional culture. Whether it is in the various schools of thought, the pre-Qin contention, or in Western learning