俄罗斯东正教与中国儒学的比较

Comparing Russian Eastern Church and Chinese Confucianism

东正教的特征表现在,宗教情怀和神性意向以受难意识为基础,追求终极、彻底和绝对,强调共同性,寻求普遍获救。儒学的特征表现在,强调情感本体,看重现实世界,宗教性道德和社会性道德合而为一,以及天人合一的自然观和人生理想。儒学和东正教的不同首先表现在宗教精神和人生观上,两者的相通之处表现在,二者均强调下对上的自觉服从,都重视群体,而忽视个人的地位和权利。

With the awareness of suffering as its basis, Eastern Church pursues the ultimate and the absolute, emphasizes the common ground and seeks universal salvation. Confucianism, on the other hand, emphasizes the ontology of affections, respects the realistic world, integrates the religious and social ethics, and adopts a unified view of heaven and man. Thus the marked differences between the two lie in their religious spirits and world outlooks. The commonalities of the two include： voluntary obedience of the inferior to the superior, respect for the collective and disregard of the individual.