《论语》自由精神新探

A New Research on the Spirit of Liberty in Confucius Analects

自西学传入以来,自由便成为学者们探讨的对象,对儒家自由内涵的考察也从未止步。但是,儒家的自由有着自身特定的文化背景和民族传统,其在《论语》中也更多地表现出作为一种心灵体验的内涵。这与西方传统自由观念不同,西方把自由作为道德的前提,并给予自由极高的地位;而儒家则把道德视为达成自由体验的条件。中西不同的自由观造成了两者不同的文化,但通过逐渐深入的交流互动,二者可以相互借鉴,以彼之所长补己之所短。

Since the Western culture flow into China , the concept of liberty has become a subject of research by scholars, and the examination of the connotation of liberty in Confucianism has never stopped. However, the liberty of Confucianism has its own particular cultural background and traditions. In Analects it mainly demonstrates as a state of spiritual experience. This is different from the traditional Western concept of liberty, which acts as a premise of morality and has been endowed with the highest status. Contrastingly, Confucius considers morality as the condition for reaching the experience of freedom and liberty. The difference in understanding the concept of liberty makes some difference between the two cultures, but by gradual interaction, the Chinese and Western can learn from each other and mutually complement.