儒家和英国基督教生死观之比较

A Comparison of Attitudes toward Life and Death between Confucianism and Christianity in Britain

儒家思想对中国的死亡文化影响甚远。儒家思想作为重视"人"的学说,对于生与死的问题尤为重视,有独到的见解。儒家主张通过积极的人生实践、建立功勋和学说造福于社会并扬名于后世,以此超越死亡,达成生命的永恒。在英国基督教文化中,意欲通过培养人们对上帝的宗教感情,净化其道德情操,坚定基督教轻尘世,重后世的生死观。本文对中国儒家和英国基督教生死观进行分析研究,从多角度,多方面呈现中英两国的死亡文化。

Death is not only a physiological and cultural phenomenon, but a unique spiritual phenomenon at the same time, which involves a series of essential issues of life. Death is also a question that eternally renewed and can＇t be avoided by all of religions and philosophy. There are various kinds of death cultures of different regions and countries. It just like a mirror, we can see the national cultural literacy, mental outlook and material civilization through it. this article does an analytical investigation to Confucianism and Christianity carefully, presenting death culture between China and UK from multi-angles and multi- aspects.