中国传统社会“崇公抑私”及其后果

ON THE TRADITION OF "RESPECTING PUBLIC AND RESTRAINING PRIVACY" IN CHINESE SOCIETY AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

中国传统社会主流价值观是“崇公抑私”,其主要表现在“重义轻利、重理轻欲、崇君轻民、重国家轻个人”。贬低个人利益的“崇公抑私”在中国产生了许多消极后果,这就是助长了专制主义流行、使人各自为私、虚伪流行等等。

＂Respecting public and restraining privacy＂ represents the mainstream values in the traditional Chinese society. It manifests itself in ＂respecting righteousness and restraining advantage＂, ＂respecting principles and restraining desire＂, ＂worship the monarch and despising the common people＂, and ＂emphasizing the state and neglecting the individual＂. This tradition has produced many negative consequences-it results in the rampancy of autocracy and the epidemic selfishness and hypocrisy in the society.