民间概念研究:“仁”的内隐结构初探

Study on Implicit Structure of Ren

本文对大学生"仁"概念的表征进行了初步探究。依据原型理论搜集说明"仁"的特征及涵义的项目并简化合并得出原型,选取高频原型制成问卷,请大学生按每个原型与"仁"涵义的接近度进行评价,然后对结果进行因素分析,并结合内容分析法对原型进行编码分类。结果发现,"仁"在大学生心目中是由以下6个方面来进行表征的:(1)凌楷信守;(2)辨博修为;(3)孝悌关爱;(4)仁政治国;(5)仁义心肠;(6)志士仁人。

This paper reports a preliminary descriptive approach to the representation of the concept of Ren in college students. According to the prototype theory, researchers collected items including features and implications of Ren, then simplified and combined the items, and obtained prototypes.After that prototypes with high frequency were selected to make a questionnaire, then college students were made to assess nearness of every prototype to the meaning of Ren. A factor analysis was made based on the assessments .In terms of the result of factor analysis together with content analysis, the prototypes were classified and coded. The results show that there are 6 facets of the representation of Ren in college students＇ mind： （1）righteousness and keeping faith; （2）wisdom and self-cultivation; （3）filial piety, fraternal duty, and treat others well;（4）policy of benevolence;（5）universal love and elemency;（6）political pioneers and righteous men.