《中庸》三论与中庸思想

Three Discourses on The Doctrine of the Mean and the Golden Mean

《中庸》蕴含着丰富的中庸思想,其主要表现在行为方法论、道德修养论与德性政治论等方面。中庸之道的执两用中、无过无不及、时中与和而不同是行为方法论的指导思想,但对这些思想的践行在不同的社会群体中表现不同;中庸之道潜移默化为全社会普遍认可的道德修养规范,主要表现在"己所不欲,勿施于人"和"慎独"等方面;中庸之道的中正、适度等内涵上升为一种德行和德性政治,以此齐家治国平天下是德性政治论最终的价值实现。

The Doctrine of the Mean contains elaborate ideas of the golden mean, methodology, moral cultivation as well as political and moral theories, etc. The ideas ＂neither excessiveness nor insufficiency＂, ＂always keeping the direct＂, and ＂ seeking as is manifest in behavioral of ＂holding dual purposes＂, harmony in diversity＂ in the Golden Mean are the guiding ideology of behavioral methodology, but their specific implementation is different in diverse social groups. The Golden Mean has subliminally become the regulation of morality and self-cultivation in the whole world, which highlights the principle that ＂you do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire＂ and ＂cautiousness＂, etc. Moreover, the connotations of impartiality and moderation in the golden mean have been upgraded as a virtue and moral politics, on whose basis the regulation of the family and the rule of the state can be the final realization of moral politics.