儒家伦理与中国文化

Confucian Ethics and Chinese Culture

儒家伦理思想是中国文化的核心内容,它是在"轴心期"华夏民族道德理性自觉的基础上逐渐发展起来的。先秦儒家吸取了西周家族宗法制的一些观念,将孝亲敬长的自然情感加以理性化,将源于自然情感的"亲亲尊尊"引向政治治理的轨道,从而将社会政治秩序的和谐奠定在血缘亲情上,同时也使社会政治生活带有浓厚的家长制特色。通过对早期儒家伦理思想的探讨,有助于我们准确把握中国文化的特点。

Confucianism is the core content of Chinese culture, which was of people＇s moral self-consciousness. The Pre-Qin Confucians absorbed gradually developed on the basis some concept of patriarchal clan system in the Spring and Autumn Period, and rationalized the natural emotion of filial piety and revering the elder, leading it to the orbit of the political administration. Therefore, the harmony and stability of social political system were laid on the ground of blood affinity. Meanwhile, the social politics was infiltrated with the characteristics of paternalism system. A discussion of the early Confucian ethics is helpful for us to grasp accurately the characteristics of the Chinese culture.