本体、价值与境界:论中国哲学中“情”的内涵

Noumenon,Value,and Spirit:on the Connotation of "Emotion" in Chinese Philosophy

“情”是中国哲学中最基本的范畴之一,在中国传统之中具有非常重要的价值。与西方哲学侧重形而上的理论追求不同,中国哲学更主要关注的是现实的人,关注的是人的生存。而对于现实的人来说,情感则是其基本的属性。因此,“情”理应成为哲学所关注的核心问题之一。对于情感问题,中国哲学历来非常重视,传统中国哲学对于情感的问题作了非常详细的探讨,涉及情感的本源、发生、内涵以及意义、价值等诸多方面。主要从基本的中国哲学文献出发,试图对“情”所具有的哲学意蕴做一个概观性的把握,认为“情”在中国哲学传统中所具有的内涵包括本体义、价值义和境界义三个方面。

＂Emotion＂ is one of the most basic categories in Chinese philosophy, which is of high value in Chinese tradition. Different from western philosophy theory which emphasizes form, Chinese philosophy more cares realistic man, and the existence of man. For a realistic man,emotion is his most fundamental character, so emotion should be one of the most concerned philosophical topics. Chinese philosophy has always been focusing on emotion problems, exploring it deeply into such aspects of its origin, occurrence, connotation, meaning, value, etc. Starting from the documents in Chinese philosophy, this paper gives a general description of emotion, concluding that the connotation of emotion includes the three aspects of noumenon, value, and spirit.