《论语》孔门感发之“兴”义

On Significance of Xing in Lunyu by Kongzi

孔子所说的"兴",意为"起情",即诗歌可以通过具体的艺术形象激发人的情感,使人受到启发、启迪,从而使人的思想认识与修养得到提高与升华。孔门诗教"兴"义与"兴"之本义发生了混淆,造成了"兴"义的混乱。

Xing by Kongzi means to arose emotion, that is ,poetry can arose people＇ s emotion by concrete artisfic images, and therefore to enlighten and instruct and finally to improve people＇ s self-cultivation. And there is a confusion between xing by Kongzi and it＇ s literal meaning to be discussed in this paper.