探析儒家乐教思想的教化意义

An Analysis of the Practical Significance of Music Education of Confucianism

早在西周时期(公元前11世纪)我国就已经形成了一套颇为完善的礼乐制度,并把它作为建立和完善社会道德伦理的教化工具,用以维护社会秩序和人际和谐。新时代要求我们音乐工作者,重新审视自己的价值观,并在极富创造力的古典源头上,探讨儒家乐教思想的现实意义,以音乐来规范人的整体行为,俾以合乎道德伦理规范,构建社会主义和谐社会。

As early as the Western Zhou Dynasty （11 century BC） ,China has already had a series of perfect system of etiquette and music, which has been considered to be an instrument for teaching in estab-lishing and improving the social morals ethics in order to make the relation of the people harmonization and the social order run normally. A new time requests our musicians to re--evaluate our own sense of worth, to explore the practical significance of music education of Confucianism taking advantage of the very rich creative classical sources. Music can be used to standardize the overall behavior of human race in line with the standard of morals ethics, and finally to build a harmonious socialist society.