儒家忧患意识述论

On Confucian Consciousness of Hardship

忧患意识是中国传统文化的一个显著特点,也是中国传统文化的一种基本精神。忧患意识在中国源远流长,前后形成过三次高潮(东周、两宋、近代)。忧患意识在儒家表现得最为充分、最为透彻,并且影响最为深远。儒家忧患意识的主要内容,大致可以概括为忧国忧民、忧道忧学几个方面。儒家提倡的忧患意识,注重的是居安思危、有备无患。儒家的忧患意识是一种道德责任感和时代使命感的自觉,是驱动中国文化不断发展的强大动力。对于今天进行中国特色社会主义建设事业、构建全球和平与发展事业而言,儒家的忧患意识仍然具有重要的指导价值和借鉴意义。

The sense of hardship is a remarkable characteristic of Chinese traditional culture and a basic spirit of Chinese traditional culture. Sense of hardship in China had a long history, and formed three climaxes （the Eastern Zhou Dynasty^Song Dynasty^modern times）. The Confucian sense of hardship was the fullest, the most thorough, and the most far-reaching. The Confucianism is concerned about the country and the people, ethics and academics. The Confucianism emphasized being vigilant in peace time and being prepared against want. The Confucian consciousness of hardship was a sense of moral responsibility and sense of mission of the times, serving as a strong driving force for the contin-uous development of Chinese culture. The Confucian consciousness of hardship still has important guiding value and reference significance today for the cause of building socialism with Chinese charac-teristics as well as the cause of constructing global peace and development.