权变作为一种方法论始于孔子,他强调在具体的不同的境遇下要灵活的变通。孔子的一生在处理人伦关系、为政、教育实践及处事等方面处处行权。尽管其权变实践是服务于自己的政治理想,具有时代的局限性,但权变作为一种方法论仍具有一定的现实意义。 Contingency as a methodological process begins with Confucius, emphasizing the need to be flexible in specific circumstances. During his lifetime, Confucius exercised his rights in dealing with the relations of human relations, politics, education, practice and service. Although its contingency practice serves its own political ideal and possesses the limitations of the times, contingency as a methodology still has some practical significance.