先秦,具体说,从春秋末期以至于整个战国时期,是儒学的初创时期,也是儒学的大发展和最为辉煌的时期。说来令人不可思议,何以儒学一出现,就扶摇直上,迅速达到了它的光辉顶点?以致在全部儒学史上竟“后不见来者”——虽然在发展规模和繁荣的程度上,千载而下的两宋儒学或许得其仿佛,但是,就思想的原创性乃至语言表达的风格来说,则有儒学以来以迄于今,先秦儒学似乎一直独领风骚,无可与其媲美者。 Pre-Qin, specifically, from the late Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States period, was the beginning of Confucianism and the great development and the most brilliant period of Confucianism. It is inconceivable that when Confucianism appeared, it rapidly soared to the top of its glory that “in all the history of Confucianism it was not seen after” - although to the extent of its development and prosperity, Confucianism in the two Song Dynasties may seem as if, however, as far as the originality of ideas and even the style of language expression are concerned, since the time of Confucianism, Confucianism in the pre-Qin period seems to have dominated the world ever since.