“礼”与中国传统文化范式

The "Ritual" and the "Paradigm" of Chinese Traditional Culture

美国科学史家库恩提出了著名的"范式"理论,认为范式是一个具有整体性的认识世界的框架和价值标准,是集信念、理论、技术、价值等为一体的一个范畴。"礼"是中国古代社会的表征和中国传统文化的核心,从周公"制礼作乐"到清王朝终结,"礼"一直是中国古代社会共同体所追求的理想社会的理论框架和价值标准。中国传统文化就是一种礼的"范式"。

American science historian Kuhn brought forward a famous theory about ＂paradigm＂which has the integrity understanding world frame and the standard of value,and contains the faith,the theory,the technology,the value, and so on. The ＂ritual＂ was not only the attribute of our country ancient time＇s society,but also was the core of our country traditional culture. From Duke of Zhou＂create ritual and make music＂ to Qing Dynasty,it is always the theory frame of ideal society and the standard of value which the social community pursued in our country ancient times. Borrowing Kuhn＇s theory about ＂paradigm＂ to explain the ＂ritual＂,we can say that Chinese traditional culture is one kind of ritual paradigm.