中西文化中“赎罪”的比较与价值探析

Comparison and Value Analysis of“Atonement”between Chinese Culture and Western Culture

中西文化充满各种根本性的差异。从性善和性恶的角度看,中国有性善论与性恶论之说,但主流文化长期以来较推崇"性善论",相信人生来是善良且无罪的;而西方主流文化崇尚"性恶",认为人生来就已具有"原罪"。两种文化体系对人本性的认识形成了现在的西方罪感文化和东方的耻感文化。但中西文化体系中的罪文化各不相同,"赎罪"之意也大相径庭。对罪感文化和耻感文化进行追根溯源,把握中西方文化差异,比较两种文化下的"赎罪"异同和价值取向,可为今天道德教育的发展找到更多的启示和理论依据。

Chinese and Western cultures are full of various fundamental differences.From the nature perspective of goodness and evil of human being,there is the theory statement of good nature and evil nature in China.But Chinese mainstream culture has long been advocating the theory of"good nature",believing that people are born to be kind and innocent;while the Western mainstream culture advocates the"evil nature"because people will be determined as"original sin"at the moment of their birth.The culture of sinsense in the west and the culture of shame-sense in the east have formed with the understanding of human nature between the two cultural systems.The two culture systems have different cultural meanings on"sin"and"atonement".We can find more enlightenment and theoretical basis for the development of moral education today by tracing the source of the cultures of guilt and shame,grasping the cultural differences between Chinese and Western,comparing the similarities and differences of the value orientations of the two"atonements".