“长幼”关系是《孟子》探讨的核心问题之一。《孟子》对这一伦理观念的阐释是通过将其与一系列社会道德行为进行对比而完成的。在各种对比式的论述中,不难看出“长幼”观念的提出为维护封建等级社会所带来的政治意义,同时,更可以通过“长幼”关系在《孟子》整个价值体系中所占有的位置,窥探《孟子》对于人际关系和社会事理、本性与理性等一系列问题进行的价值排序。 The relationship between “elder” and “young” is one of the core issues discussed in Mencius. Mencius’s interpretation of this ethical concept is accomplished by comparing it with a series of social moral behaviors. It is not difficult to see in the various comparative discussions that the proposition of the concept of “long-young” is of great political significance for the maintenance of the feudal hierarchical society. At the same time, The position occupied by the value system and the value order of “Mencius” for a series of issues such as interpersonal and social affairs, nature and rationality.