性—道—教:《中庸》的生命教育思想

Human Nature-Taoism-Teaching:Life Education Thought in “the Doctrine of the Mean”

面对当下生命及其教育所遭遇的诸多问题,我们迫切需要一套根植于中国文化教育根脉、切合当今话语范式及其教育实践的本土生命教育理论来指导当下的生命教育实践。我国传统思想中具有丰富的生命及其教育思想,其中儒家经典《中庸》的生命及其教育思想就十分丰富而深刻,集中体现为"天命之谓性,率性之谓道,修道之谓教"等逻辑连贯的三个方面以及"诚明"与"明诚"两个内外统一、相辅相成、目的一致的模式和路径。《中庸》凸显着强烈的生命主体意识,从生命教育的原点和归宿、生命教育的真谛和规律、生命教育的实践模式和途径等方面阐发其生命教育思想,至今仍有宝贵的借鉴与指导价值。

Facing many problems encountered by life and life education, we urgently need a indigenous life educational theory that is rooted in the Chinese culture and education and fit in today＇s discourse paradigm and education practice to guide the life education practice in current China. A bundle of thoughts regarding life and life education can be found in Chinese traditional thoughts. Confucian classic ＂Mean＂ of life and life education is very profound and can be summarized as three inter-related aspects and two internally consistent and complementary models and approaches that share the same aim. The three aspects are that destiny is human nature; being frank is the way; and cultivation of the way is teaching. The two mod- els and approaches are ＂Cheng-ming＂ and ＂Ming-cheng＂. ＂Mean＂ highlights a strong sense of life. It is a valuable reference and has guiding values for today＇s life education. Therefore, it is important to interpret its life education thought regarding the origin and destination, the truth and the law, and the practice model and approaches of life education.