作为儒家哲学重要范畴,“慎独”在词源学有着复杂的字义,而作为一个词,其涵义在思想史上历经了多次的演变。“慎独”的形上建构,是指宋明理学对“慎独”的本体论阐释,理学对“慎独”的本体论的阐释也经历了几个阶段。本体的建构指向人的终极关怀,它为人提供了可依持的生存状态,构建了一个人作为真正主体的意义世界。在对“慎独”之本体的观照中,人获得了一种安身立命的方式,一种存在的价值感与心灵的安顿感。 As an important category of Confucian philosophy, “Censorship ” has a complicated meaning in etymology. As a word, its meaning has undergone many changes in the history of thought. The construction of metaphysics of “cautiousness” refers to the ontological interpretation of “prudential ” by Neo - Confucianism in Song Ming Dynasty. Neo - Confucianism also goes through several stages of ontology interpretation of “Cautiousness ”. The construction of ontology points to the ultimate concern of human beings. It provides a living condition that can be sustained by people and constructs a world of meaning as a true subject. In the consideration of the ontology of “prudential independence,” one obtains a way of settling down life, a sense of existence, and a feeling of peace of mind.