“积淀说”最早是李泽厚在美学研究中提出来的，将思想重点转向中国哲学后，又用来说明中国文化的特点。我三十多年来坚持以伦理心境解读性善论，最初就是受到了李泽厚的影响。与“积淀说”相比，我对性善论的诠释可以叫作“结晶说”。“结晶说”虽然脱胎于积淀说，但二者又有多方面的差异：“积淀说”重在文化心理结构的分析，重在解说“先天而先在”，重在建构“情本体”，而其实质是放弃本体；“结晶说”重在性善论的解读，重在阐发“后天而先在”，重在重构“仁本体”，目的是将道德本体讲透彻，坚持好。二者之同异，不可不察。

The theory of “accumulation” was first put forward by Li Zehou in his aesthetic research, and used to illustrate the characteristics of Chinese culture. The author has been insisted on interpreting the theory of original goodness of human nature with ethical mood, which was initially affected by Li. Compared with the theory of “accumulation,” the author’s interpretation of the original goodness of human nature can be called as the theory of “fruit.” Though the latter grows out of the former, there are many differences between the two: the former focuses on analyzing the cultural-psychological formation, interpreting the “congenital preexistence,” and constructing the “noumenon of feeling” with the essense of abandoning the noumenon; while the latter foucusing on interpreting the theory of original goodness of human nature, elucidating the “acquired preexistence,” and reconstructing the “noumenon of benevolence” with the purpose of exhausting and adhereing to the moral noumenon.