生命成长与君子不忧——孔子生命成长观及其价值的当代审视

Life Growth and Gentleman Without Anxieties——Contemporary Review of Confucius' View of Life Growth and Its Value

孔子对生命成长的各个阶段及其所能上达的人生境界之总结,跨越数千年历史而不减其人文光辉。孔子的生命成长观是"仁"之思想的实践性表述,其"性近习远"说的是从人的才智维度揭示个体生命的存在特质,其"时命观"是从时间维度来说明个体生命的相对自由,"下学而上达"的忠恕之道则是从空间维度来打开君子不忧的生命空间。今天看来,孔子的生命成长观仍具有重要的精神内涵,能够给常人理解生命、相机而为、明生命之阶段性与发展性提供有益参考与精神力量。

Confucius' summary of the various stages and corresponding supreme realm of life growth spans thousands of years of history,and its humanistic brilliance has not reduced yet.Confucius' view of life growth is a practical expression of the thought of 'benevolence'.The Confucius' comment about human nature:'By nature,people are similar but through practice can become quite different from each other' indicates the existence of individual life from the perspective of human intelligence.Confucius' view of 'timely the-fate' is to explain the relative freedom of individual life from the time dimension.'The way of loyalty and consideration' is to open the life space of gentlemen without anxieties from the perspective of space.Today,Confucius' view of life growth still has important spiritual connotations.It can give ordinary people useful reference and spiritual strength for understanding the stage of life and taking corresponding actions.