略论礼乐文明与王道政治

A Sketchy Discussion on the Civilization of Ritual Music and the Kingly Way

殷周之际巨大的政治变革,引发了周初制度和意识文化的重大变化,从而促进了“礼乐文明”的产生。西周“制礼作乐”所依据的纲纪规范,为“王道政治”奠定了思想基础。礼乐文明确立了等级社会的上下亲尊,将习俗法定化、规范化;王道政治的建立,将政治伦理、政治行为和政治手段固定化、系统化。

Drastic political changes in time between the Yin and Zhou dynasties led to important institutional and ideological changes at the beginning of Zhou and accelerated the emergence of the 'civilization of ritual music'. The standardization of the guiding principles and disciplines by which the Western Zhou dynasty 'turned rites to music' laid an ideological foundation for the 'kingly way politics'. This culture established the social order of superiors, subordinates, kinfolks and the respectable of the hierarchical society, making the convention legalized and standardized. The establishment of the kingly way politics fixed and systematized the political ethics, the political behavior and the political means.