论李光地的礼学思想

Guangdi Li's Theory of Rituals from the Perspective of the Social Civilization

李光地礼学在继承儒家礼学传统的基础上,主张顺应社会形势,合于人情,同时保存古礼精神,回归"缘情制礼"、"礼以义起"的礼学思维。李光地不仅阐发"礼义",而且注重礼器之用,这表现在他的个人伦理道德修养上,也体现在他的社会教化活动中,由此真正将"天道性命"落到了实处。这样,李光地礼学兼顾了礼学的理论性和实践性,具有深远的历史影响和丰富的现实意义。

Guangdi Li,who claimed to conform to the social situation and human while preserving the ancient ceremony of spirit,advocated the kind of propriety of thinking——＂ritual to sentiment＂ and ＂ceremony to justice＂,which was in the heritance and development of the Confucian tradition.As is reflected and shown in his personal cultivation and his social educational activities,Li not only elucidated his ＂propriety＂;he also focused on the use of ritual.As a result,he truly put his ＂Heaven lives＂ into effect.In this way,Li combined the Confucian ritual theory with its practicality,which has rich historical influence and practical significanc