春秋时期的尚德思想

Advocating morality in the Spring and Autumn Period

中华民族向来就有德性优先的传统,春秋时期的尚德思想在夏商之后又有其独特特点,人们把德纳入天道、鬼神、卜筮、妖魅这些活动当中,这些事件的应验结果往往还需要根据人们的德行来判断。求吉还需修德是春秋时期尚德思想的主要内容。

The Chinese nation has always had the tradition of giving priority to virtue. Advocating morality in the Spring and Autumn Period had its own unique characteristics after Xia and Shang Dynasties. People brought virtue into the activities of heaven, ghosts and gods, divination and demon. The results of these events often needed to be judged according to people′s morality. Cultivating morality for luck is the main content of advocating morality in the Spring and Autumn Period.