中国古代注重道德教化的原因探析

Analysis of the Reasons on Ancient China’s Valuing Moral Education

古代中国非常注重道德教化。如果我们能够对古人重视道德教化的原因做客观全面的了解,不仅有助于我们正确认识道德教化本身,同时也对我们当下的社会主义道德建设有一定的启示作用。那么上自明智有为的统治阶层下到平民百姓重视道德教化的原因是什么?古代中国先民繁衍生息的特定时空条件历史背景以及在此背景下生成的文化和人性的认识,形塑了中国古代重视道德教化这一特征。

The ancient China had always been valuing moral education.If we can understand the reason why the ancients attached importance to moral education objectively and comprehensively,it will not only help us to understand the moral education itself correctly,but also have a certain enlightenment for our current socialist moral construction.What is the reason that people attach importance to moral education from the wise and promising ruling class to the common people?The historical background of the specific time and space conditions of the ancient Chinese ancestors′reproduction,as well as the knowledge of culture and human nature generated under this background,shape the characteristics of the ancient Chinese emphasis on moral education.