略论孔子“复礼”的文化内涵

A brief Outline of the Cultural Connotation of"Reviving the Etiquette" Put Forward by Confucius

周礼作为维护周王朝有序运行的一项政治制度,在春秋时期已经出现了"礼崩乐坏"的局面。作为一个具有人文理想的知识分子,面对乱世,孔子提出了"郁郁乎文哉,吾从周"的主张,提倡恢复用以维持世道人心的周礼。孔子将"仁""让"等思想用来充实和改造"礼",赋予"礼"以新的文化内涵。

Signs were already obvious in Spring and Autumn period of disintegration and collapse of the Zhou etiquette, a political system used to maintain order in the Zhou and Wang dynasty. In the troubled times, Confucius, an scholar with humanistic ideals, decided to keep following the Zhou etiquette. He advocated torestore the Zhou etiquette supposed to be able to keep social and political order. Confucius modified and enriched the ＂etiquette＂ with the concepts of ＂benevolence＂ and ＂modesty＂ and gave a new cultural connotation to ＂etiquette＂.