从《论语》看中国礼文化的特点

Research on Characteristics of Chinese Etiquette Culture from the Confucian Analects

礼作为孔子思想体系中的一个重要概念范畴,在《论语》中有着诸多的论述,对中国礼的产生、发展起了至关重要的作用,形成了一套具有中国礼文化特点的完整的礼学思想,长期影响着上至国家下至普通老百姓的思想和行为。通过"礼是人真情的体现"、"礼是社会秩序的维护者"、"贬己尊人,谦逊为美"、"慎言为礼,含而不露"、"君子喻于义"、"君子坦荡荡"六个方面浅论《论语》对中国礼文化的影响。

As an important conceptual category of Confucian ideological system, etiquette has had a lot of discussion in ＂Confucian Analects＂. Confucian etiquette takes crucial effect in generation and development of Chinese etiquette and promotes formation of an integrated etiquette ideology. Chinese etiquette culture influences thoughts and behaviors from country to common people so far and for ever. This paper discusses the impact of ＂Confucian Analects＂ over Chinese etiquette culture from six aspects： that etiquette is embodiment of human＇ s true emotion; that etiquette is vindicator of social order; that gentleman disgraces himself to honor others and modesty is one of moral excellence; that it＇ s formal to be careful to one＇ s words and hide one＇ s candle under a bushel ; that the criterion of doing things is righteousness by junzi who know righteousness; that junzi are open and poised.