迄今为止,儒家思想体系中是否包含以及包含多少“专制”与“民主”成分,依然是国内外学术界需要严肃对待的一个历史谜题。但在总体趋势上,人们似乎越来越倾向于支持这样的观点,即儒家思想中包含着更多的民主成分。通俗地说,民主就是达成折中或者妥协的能力,而妥协本身既意味着各自让步,也彰显着相互约束。 So far, it is still a historical mystery that academics in and outside the world need to take seriously whether or not the Confucian ideological system contains and contains as many “autocratic” and “democratic” components. However, on the general trend, people seem to be more and more inclined to support the view that Confucianism contains more democratic elements. To put it in a nutshell, democracy is the ability to reach a compromise or compromise, and the compromise itself means both concession and mutual restraint.