《潛夫論》的政治思想研究：一個東漢中晚期思想的側面

A Study of Political Thought on Wang Fu’s Qianfu Lun: An Insight into the Thought of the Middle and Late Eastern Han Dynasty

本文藉由《潛夫論》一書政治思想的解析與討論，借以梳理觀看東漢中晚期政治思想的視角，並且賦予其系絡意義。王符作為東漢中晚期政論文體的撰寫者之一，頗具代表性。本文從政治角色倫理、教化與法令的治理方法、經濟思想與實邊主張等三個面向，嘗試省思與重新安放王符的政治思想。本文認為在務本思想與務實思想兩相交涉的活動中，王符擘劃了一個貼近現實環境且可實行的政治解方。這樣的政治思想不僅對於他的當代具有實質的影響力，同時也有著承繼戰國中期以降思想匯集傳統的痕跡，反映出儒道法三家政治思想會通的過程。就此，王符的《潛夫論》除了有縝密的政治思想討論與貢獻之外，也提供了一個理解東漢中晚期政治思想的重要側面。

Based on the analysis and discussion of the political thought in the book“Qianfu Lun”, this article aims to reorganize the perspective on political thought during the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, giving it contextual meaning.
As a writer of political theory during the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, Wang Fu is both representative and highly influential. This article attempts to examine and rearrange Wang Fu’s political thought in three aspects: the ethics of political roles, governance methods of indoctrination and decrees, and economic proposals and policies for enriching the frontier.
This paper also argues that in the process of dialogue and interaction between fundamental-oriented thinking and pragmatic thinking, Wang Fu drew a political solution that was based on the genuine environment and its feasibility. This kind of political thought not only had a substantial influence on his contemporaries but also had inherited traces of convergent traditions of thought since the mid-Warring States period, reflecting the process of interaction among Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism.
In this regard, Wang Fu’s“Qianfu Lun”contained a rigorous discussion and contribution to Chinese political thought, providing an important perspective for the understanding of political thought in the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty.