礼制下移:陈淳礼学思想与实践

Etiquette toward Commoners:Etiquette Theory and Practice of Chen Chun

在思想上,以祖述师说为基础,陈淳进一步延伸论证。其因应礼下庶人之潮流,以天命、人心论证士庶通行宗法伦理制度的合法性,主张行小宗之法;主张以诚祭祀鬼神,要求合礼的致祭者秉持诚敬之心,采用正礼祭祀合礼的祭祀对象。在定礼时,其对《朱子家礼》采取辩证的态度,同时参酌礼经、官礼及张栻之制。通过规范民间丧葬仪轨、地方吉礼等活动,陈淳将其礼学思想渗透至地方社会,对兴化、泉州、漳州三地礼制社会的形成有着不可忽视的作用。

Chen Chun furthered Chu Hsi’ s arguments, as well as modified his arguments. He demonstrated that the patriarchalclan system should be used among the gentry and the multitude with the reason of destiny amovement of sacrifices must follow the principle of sincerity, which involves qualified worshiper,an attitude of faith and qualified sacrifice object. As for setting up rules of etiquette,he referred to the classic of ritual official etiquette and etiquettes made byZhang Shi,but did not adopt “ zhu zi jia li” blindly. Following the tendency of etiquette towards commoners,he permeated his thought to the local society by modifying funeral ritual and local Jili. Hence,he made a great contribution to the formation of the propriety society in Xinghua,Quanzhou and Zhangzhou.