“孝”文化背后的重生祈望

The Immortality Beyond Finial Piety

"孝"意识是中华伦理道德的原点精神,中国传统文化中的伦理道德思想莫不发端于此。在孔子所创立的儒家思想学说中,"孝"占有极其重要的地位,它的伦理及政治功能向来为人们所重视。"孝"的发生发展是民族心理中族类不朽精神的逐步张显过程,传统文化尤其是其分支民间文化中"无后为大"的孝意识长期以来一直是中国人超越死亡焦虑的强大精神支柱。

The consciousness of finial piety is an inner siprit of Chinese morality and ethics, based on which is all the morality and ethic of the Chinese traditional culture. Besides, finial piety leads a very important role in the Confucianism established by Confucius and people are always paying much attention to its political and ethical functioias. The production and development of finial piety is a progressive process of the immortal spirit in Chinese people＇ s mind. The traditional culture , especially the sense of finial piety such as son and heir as the most important towards a family in the branch of folk culture has been a great spiritual support for Chinese people to overcome the anxiety of death.