礼乐文明与儒家之现代新形态

A Modern Form of Confucianism and the Civilization of Ritual and Music

在讨论儒家的现代新形态之前,要先行对儒家所植根的中国文明及其实质有所把握。本文首先以三千年历史视野看周公制礼作乐的文明意义、政教意义。周公制礼作乐一方面体现在政制及其背后的价值,另一方面体现于教化。较之于中国传统中法家、道家之反礼乐,儒家正是全面继承了礼乐文明及其政教功能。

This study, from a historical perspective of three thousand years, examined the significance of liyue （ritual and music） and its comprehensive application to contemporary governance and ritual cultivation - adhering to the way of realizing ones inner sageliness and outer kingliness for governing through self-cultivation, and promoting its modern implementation both in terms of government structural reform and transformation of social customs with the Confucian culture of rituals and appropriateness.