“人情”与中国日常礼俗文化

“Human Relationship”and Daily Chinese Etiquette and Custom Culture

"人情"是世俗语汇,也是中国传统社会的重要概念,它集中体现了中国基层社会的联接方式。人情构成了日常礼俗的精神基础,礼俗社会围绕着人情展开,人情成为了一种社会聚合的文化表象。人们在家庭与社会群体中处处以"人情"的方式建立互动关系。人情在日常礼俗中有日常性人情与仪式性人情的区别,在传统人情往来中有优先、互惠、贮备与增值、动态均衡,以及流转的原则。在当今社会结构发生变化的时代,人情在日常礼俗中出现断裂与畸变。相互关怀的温暖人情日益稀缺,而以金钱与利益为导向的"人情"却正在腐败着社会,失去了传统的文化聚合的表征意义。如何保持传统人情固有的优良善性,发挥它促进社会团结的特定功能,值得我们思考。

＂Human relationship＂is a folk term;it is also an important concept for traditional Chinese society,a categorization that represents the association manner of the lower Chinese society.In fact,it is the basis for people＇s daily practice of social etiquette and custom.That is,the society is organized around human relationship,which is a cultural symbol for social grouping.Human relationship in daily practice is divided into daily and ceremonial types,which prompt people to maintain the priority,mutual benefiting,value storing and increasing,dynamic balancing and changing principles.However,in modern times when the social structure begins to change,human relationship appears to break loose and deforms.The lack of mutual care is accompanied by money and benefits that lead to a new type of human relationship,deteriorating the society and losing the symbolic meaning of the traditional cultural association.Therefore,how to maintain the virtue and promote its power to strength social solidarity is an urgent issue for us to concern.