中国传统幸福观的三个精神向度

Three Basic Dimensions of the Traditional Chinese Concept of Happiness

中国历代儒释道的典籍当中记载了诸多古代智者关于幸福的追问和反思,它们展示了中国传统幸福观的三个精神向度:幸福不在外面,只能向内探索;幸福不在未来,就在此时此刻;幸福不在获取,而在于开启智慧。在中国古代智者看来,真正的幸福不依赖于外在的条件,也不受外境的干扰,它不是一个人能够获得的某种外在之物,而是他存在的整个方式,是他的本来状态。向内探索、安住当下、开启智慧,这是中国古代智者开启幸福之门的钥匙,也是古圣先贤留给我们的宝贵精神财富。

Many reflections on happiness by ancient sages are recorded in the classics of Confucianism,Buddhism and Taoism,which show three basic dimensions of the traditional Chinese concept of happiness:happiness is not in the outside,and it can only be explored inside;happiness is not in the future,and it is at this moment;happiness lies not in acquirement,but in bringing to light wisdom.In the view of ancient Chinese sages,real happiness does not depend on external conditions,nor is it interfered by the external environment.It is not a certain external thing that a person can obtain,but the whole way of his existence and his original state.To explore inward,to live in the present and to bring to light wisdom are the keys for the ancient Chinese sages to open the door of happiness,as well as the precious spiritual wealth left by the ancient Chinese sages.