先秦儒家对“合礼性”和合秩序的追求

Pre-Qin Confucianism's Pursuit of Harmonious Order Conforming to the Ritual

早在先秦时期,和合就已经成为一种普遍的哲学理念,被认为是世界万物存在和发展的原则。秉承周文遗产而生的先秦儒家,特别强调社会秩序的和合、人际关系的和谐、诸侯之间的和平。礼作为周文的核心内容,在先秦儒家的视野中占据着重要的地位,几乎重要的先秦儒家都以礼的言说来建构他们所追求的社会秩序。换言之,先秦儒家所追求的社会秩序实际上是一个"合礼性"的和合秩序。因为这种社会秩序的建构是通过各种与礼关联的概念的创造,以及这些概念与礼之间的融突和合而呈现出来。

＂Harmony＂, which is considered as the became a universal philosophy concept early in principle of existence and development of all things, has the pre Qin period. The pre Qin Confucians, which inherited the cultural heritage of Zhou dynasty, emphasized the harmony of social order, the concord of interpersonal relationships, and the peace between governors. As the core of Zhou dynasty＇s culture, the ＂ritual＂（Li, 礼） also occupied an important position in the view of pre Qin Confucians, almost all the important pre Qin Confucian scholars constructed the social order which they pursued with the words of ＂ritual＂ In other words, the social order pursued by Confucians in pre Qin dynasty is actually a harmonious order ＂conforming to the ritual＂, because their elucidation of the social order is showed by using and creating various concepts related to＂ritual＂, and the fusion and conflict between these concepts and the concept of ＂ritual＂.