“家—国”关系下儒家生育理念及其现代转换

The Confucian Concept of Fertility and Its Modern Transformation under the“Family-State”Relationship

植根农耕社会的生产力和生产关系及宗法社会的权力结构和运行规则中的传统儒家生育理念,以“尊男卑女”“多子多福”及基于“天人合一”的人道“天道化”为要义。在依循平等、自由、公正等现代社会权利理念的当前,儒家生育理念需以重构“家—国”关系为轴,重建家庭观、孝道观和以“天人合一”为内核的“家—国”秩序观,在推进儒家思想整体现代化的总任务中实现其生育理念的现代转换。

The traditional Confucian concept of fertility that is rooted in the productivity and production relations of a farming society and in the power structure and operating rules of a patriarchal society,has the essential meaning of“male superiority and female inferiority”(zun nan bei nu尊男卑女);“the more children,the more blessings”(duo zi duo fu多子多福)and“the transformation of the Way of Man into the Way of Heaven”(rendao tiandaohua人道天道化)based on“the harmony between Heaven and Mankind”(tian ren he yi天人合一)are problematic and no longer fit into our modern society.In line with the current concept of modern social rights such as equality,freedom,and justice,the Confucian concept of fertility needs to be reconstructed with the“family-state”relationship as its axis,and with a reestablished view on the family,filial piety,and the order of the“family-state”with its core of“the harmony between Heaven”,to realize the modern transformation of the concept of fertility as the general task of promoting the overall modernization of Confucianism.