“五常”新释

New Annotations on the ＂Five Constant Confucian Virtues＂

当社会处于剧烈变动、经济生活方式和体制转轨的时期,道德危机的问题必然呈现在人们面前,使人们感到困惑和茫然.如果我们对人类曾创造的精神文化遗产进行重新审视,就会发现仁、义、礼、知、信等五种道德规范和伦理观念,仍然具有极大的现代价值.

The problem of moral crisis will inevitably occur to common people and put them into confusion and a loss of mind ,whenever society is changing radically and economic lifestyle and system is adjusting their ways accordingly. Under such situation, we will surely find that the five Confucian moral standards and ethical codes of benevolence, righteousness, propriety wisdom and fidelity, etc. are still of great value in the modern times, if we can reappreciate the spiritual and cultural heritage created by and passed down from our predecessors.