民间儒学的新开展

New Development of Folk Confucianism

民间儒学是儒学灵根再植、重返社会人间的文化思想形态,民间儒学,也可以理解为在民间、在日常生活世界里的儒学,或民间办儒学,即民间组织推动的儒学。现代儒学既包括乡村儒学的重振,又包括城市儒学的建设,即是使中国文化的基本做人做事之正道,即儒家仁义之道,透过广大城乡的家庭、学校、社区、企业、机关等现代公民社会的组织形式,通过冠婚丧祭之家礼等宗教性的仪式,在每个国民的心中扎根。民间儒学是多样的,它与各宗教的活动,包括外来宗教的传教活动形成健康的互动,保持文化的主体性与生态平衡。儒家学者要眼中有民,努力到民间去,弘扬儒学,把会议儒学、书本儒学转化为民间儒学、生命儒学。

Folk Confucianism is a down-to-earth cultural practice which allows Confucian spirit to take root once again in the social life. Folk Confucianism can be thought of as a form of Confucianism that plays a certain role in civil society and everyday life world, or the Confucianism that is promoted by organizations in civil society. Today, Confucianism is revived in both rural and urban areas; the principle of traditional Chinese culture for human practice, that is, the Confucian Way of ten and yi, arc disseminated in the organizations of civil society, such as families, schools, communities, enterprises and so on. It takes root in people＇s minds through a series of religious family rituals, including capping, wedding, funeral and sacrificial ceremonies. Folk Confucianism is practiced under various forms. It interacts nicely with other religions, including the preaching activities of religions from outside, while maintaining its cultural subjectivity and its harmonious cultural environment. Confucian scholars always have the people on their minds. They are trying hard to disseminate Confucianism to the ordinary people. This will definitely transform the Confucianism that can only be found in academic conferences and books into Folk Confucianism and Life Confucianism