先秦推崇“讷言”的文化解释

A cultural interpretation of the panegyric on wordless personality before the Qin Dynasty

先秦时期,人们推崇木讷不言的人格,这种人格是在礼乐文化的熏陶下形成的。礼在本质上是一种手势语言,所以礼乐文化重仪式动作,轻语言表达。长期的礼乐教化和终身的行礼过程形成了先秦推崇讷言人格的社会风尚。

The public before the Qin Dynasty, which was edified by rites and music culture, canonized wordless personality. Rites were one sort of gesture languages in nature, so rites and behaviors were emphasized more than language. The fashion of panegyric on wordless personality came into being as a result of long-term education and lifelong practice of rites and music.