中国古代孝道政治化述论

COMMENTARY ON FILIAL PIETY'S POLITICALIZATION IN ANCIENT CHINA

孝起源于上古先民的宗教祭祀活动,其内涵本义经历了由敬神祭祖、祛祸除祟的功利性祈福向事亲养老、骨肉相亲的人道意义转化。春秋时期,孝在理论谱系上开始政治化并最终以战国时期《孝经》出现为标志,形成融道德伦理、政治伦理于一体的儒家孝道形态观念。汉代以降,儒孝伦理被封建国家奉为施政圭臬,演化成为一系列治国安民的制度化行政措施,传统中国孝道文化,通过“孝治天下”的历史途径和历史实践,获得了极其丰富的社会政治意义。

Filial piety originated from religious worship in remote antiquity. The original meaning experienced the changes from ancetral worship into supporting the old. In Spring and Autumn Period it began politicalization in theory Xia Jing which was the symbol of forming Confucian and filial piety＇ s ideology. Since the Han Dynasty, it had been administrative program. The traditional culture of filial piety has taken far reaching political significance by filial doctrine in ruling