理性对待《弟子规》在当今的传播现象——兼论童蒙读物进入中小学的争议

A rational account of the Chinese Standards of Morals

清代李毓秀编纂的童蒙读物《弟子规》,在当今被冠以"国学经典"的名目,进入了中小学,并在大众媒体中广泛传播。考察《弟子规》的内容,其本身是对朱熹《小学》《童蒙须知》改编的结果,其在清代并不是必读的儒家经典,在民国时期则被新式教科书所取代。在当今社会,对《弟子规》的价值以及大众媒体的传播现象,应该借鉴阅读史的眼光,进行理性思考。

Chinese Standards of Morals by Li Yuxiu that is published in Qing dynasty, is listed in the catalog of classics, written in the primary and secondary school curricula, and extensively advocated in the mass media. In effect, Chinese Standards of Morals that is intended for Zhu Xi, has never been taken as compulsory Confucian classics. Therefore, a historical study of the Chinese Standards of Morals is urgent.