《大学》是原始儒家的一篇重要文献,被朱子称为儒家“初学入德之门”(《大学章句》),其重要性不言而喻。但是,系统阐述儒家内圣外王之道的《大学》,其人性论的基础究竟为何,却是一个不易回答的问题,因为《大学》没有对人性论问题做出正面阐述,从其中仅有的一个“性”字,实难以断定其人性论的内涵与倾向,这与孟子和荀子对于人性论的高度重视和反复论说形成了鲜明对照。以往对于《大学》人性论的解读,往 “University” is an important document of the original Confucianism, which is called Confucianism by Zhu (“The Beginning of Entering the Door of Morality”) (“The Chapter of the University”). Its importance is self-evident. However, it is an issue that is not easy to answer because the “university” that systematically expounds the Confucian school of inner priests and outer kingdoms is based on its theory of human nature. Because “university” does not make a positive statement on the issue of human nature, from only one of them “ Sex ”character, it is difficult to determine the connotation and tendency of its theory of human nature, which is in sharp contrast with Mencius and Xunzi’s great emphasis on the theory of human nature and repeated arguments. In the past for the “university” theory of human nature interpretation, to