试析先秦儒家之“信”

A Tentative Study on Credit of Confucianism in Pre-Qin Dynasty

“信”是先秦儒家伦理思想中重要范畴之一,真实无妄是其基本内涵,循物无违是它的基本道德要求,恪守“义”是它在社会实践中的行为准则。“信”以其特殊的道德功用,在先秦时期为儒家所重视,并在汉代被列入“五常”之中,成为中国人传统观念中最基本的行为准则。

As an important field of Confucian ethic ideology in Pre- Qin Dynasty, credit is characterized by the basic connotation of truthfulness without nonsense, the basic ethic demand of observing the ethic rules without disobedience, and the basic behavior principle of faith. Credit, famous for its ethic function, is taken seriously by Confucianists in Pre - Qin Dynasty and is listed in Five Changs in Han Dynasty, thus, becoming a basic behavior principle in the traditional concepts of Chinese people.