儒家礼制中的和谐追求

Pursuing Harmony in Confucianism Propriety-Norms Society

中国传统社会秩序主要靠礼制来维持,礼制在中国传统社会中担当着准法律的作用。礼制包括“礼”、“乐”两个方面。“礼”、“乐”分开来说,“礼”管“分”、“乐”主“和”。但“礼”、“乐”之中又都包含“分”、“和”两个方面,是“分”与“和”的统一。礼制的“礼”、“乐”、“分”、“和”共同构筑了中国传统社会的和谐局面。但由礼制构筑的和谐社会是等级制的和谐社会。

The Chinese society was mainly built on the Propriety-Norms in Confucianism, so Propriety-Norms act as quasilaw at that time. Propriety-Norms included＂the observance of ritual propriety＂（LI） and＂the playing of music＂（YUE）. LI acts as regulations （FEN） and YUE acts as harmony （HE）. But FEN and HE exist both in LI and YUE, they are the integration of the FEN and HE. In Proprlety-Norms of Confucianism,＂LI＂,＂YUE＂,＂FEN＂, ＂HE＂together constituted a harmonious society; but it was a stratified society.