《洪范》──中国古代文明的活的灵魂

Grand Law: The Living Soul of Ancient Chinese Civilization

马克思认为真正的哲学是时代精神的精华，是文明的活的灵魂。本文旨在说明《洪范》就是这种真正的文化哲学。在批判了汉儒所建立的《洪范》学模式的错误取向（五行灾异论）后，探讨了《洪范》所蕴含的文化科学的意义：它把传统的宗教经验合理化为伦理文化；它指明了文化的五种物质要素和五种精神要素；它通过对殷代的宗教和政治的历史反思，创立了以“社会公正”为理想的政治哲学。《洪范》成为殷周之际的时代精神的精华和中国古代文明的活的灵魂。

The author believes that Grand Law is a kind of philosophy of culture. Based on the criticism of false orientation of the study pattern in this subject by Han Confucianistsi this paper Intends to find the real meaning of culturology revealed in Grand Law. The origional religious experience, it is discovered, is rationalized as ethical cultivation, five natural elements and five spiritual elements are pointed out to constitute a concept of culture, and an ideal political philosophy of 'social justice' is formulated through historical reflection on the religion and politics during Yin period. It concludes that Grand Law shows the spiritual essense of the time of Yin-Zhou period, and marks the living soul of ancient Chinese civilization as a whole.