中国民间道德与儒家思想的公共性

Publicity of Chinese Folk Ethics and Confucian Thought

民间道德是相对于官方道德而流行于下层民众的行为规范。民间道德和官方道德一样,属于意识形态范畴,都是一定历史条件的产物,两者关系紧密,但在生成方式、社会功能等多方面存在着不同之处。中国民间道德在儒家思想的影响下,逐渐形成了本分、厚道、仗义、敬祖等为主要内容的体系。中国传统民间道德的缺失,是当代诸多社会问题滋生的重要原因。弘扬优秀的民间道德,有利于构建当代精神人文主义。中国的民间道德及其所反映的儒家思想,绝非局限于个人私德的修养,而是展现了鲜明的公共性。

Relative to official ethics, folk ethics is the code of conduct popular among the lower classes. Like official ethics, folk ethics belongs to the category of ideology. They are both the product under certain historical conditions and are closely related to each other, but different in generation mode and social functions. Under the influence of Confucianism, Chinese folk ethics gradually forms a system with obligation, honesty, justice and reverence to ancestry as its main content. Unfortunately, Chinese traditional folk ethics is now missing, which is an important cause of many contemporary social problems. Carrying forward good folk ethics is conducive to the construction of contemporary spiritual humanism. Rather than being confined to development of personal virtues, Chinese folk ethics and the Confucianism it reflects demonstrate distinctive publicity.