《中庸》“诚”的伦理学依据及其意义

Ethical basis and significance of “sincerity” in The Doctrine of Mean

《中庸》的"诚"首先是天道的本体状态,客观存在的所有实体只要正常的存在、发展,真实无妄,就可以达到天人合一的理想状态。"诚"是一种纯善至诚的天道,而人日常行中庸之道的伦理依据来源于天道,"诚"使天道和人道得以精神沟通。人类社会只有通过自己的主观能动性,以"至诚"为目标,养成纯善至诚的品质,就可以"赞天地之化育",因此,"诚"除了是天人合一的精神链,也是道德修养的方法和手段。而且这个过程对个人道德修养的提高,国家的公平、民主,社会的和谐具有重要的现实意义。

The doctrine of“honesty”is the state of the ontology of heaven first,objective existence of the existence and development of all entities as long as normal,true false,can achieve the unity of nature and the ideal state.“Honesty”is a kind of pure good sincere of heaven,and daily line of the doctrine of moral basis from heaven,“honesty”make heaven and humanity spirit communication,only by their own subjective initiative,the human society to the“sincere”as the goal,to develop the quality of pure good sincere,can teach like“heaven and earth”,therefore,in addition to the“honesty”is the unity of nature and spirit of the chain,is also the methods and means of moral cultivation.And the process on the improvement of personal moral cultivation,and national justice,democracy,social harmony has the important practical significance.