先秦诸子“海洋”观的多维意蕴研究

Research on the Multidimensional Implication of Pre-Qin Scholars’Outlook on“Ocean”

先秦诸子的海洋观是我国海洋文明发展史上的重要一环。首先,在先秦诸子的著作里,无论是在空间层面,还是在时间层面,海洋都体现出无穷无尽和无始无终的特征,因此被看作形成宇宙的基础。其次,先秦诸子的海洋观带有浓厚的伦理色彩,它代表了宽容、谦卑、宁静、刚健、有恒等美好品质。再次,海洋对先秦诸子而言也意味着对世俗认识、世俗价值和世俗生活的超越,以及对理想生活和精神家园的追寻。最后,海洋也成为先秦诸子言说形上之道的现实喻体。

The pre-Qin scholars’outlook on ocean is an important link in the history of the development of marine civilization in China.First of all,in the works of pre-Qin scholars,the ocean embodies the characteristics of both endlessness and timelessness whether in space or in time,so it is regarded as the foundation of shaping the universe.Secondly,the pre-Qin scholars’outlook on ocean bears a strong ethical color,representing such fine qualities as tolerance,humility,tranquility,firmness,perseverance,and so on.Thirdly,the ocean also means the transcendence of secular understanding,secular value and secular life,as well as the pursuit of ideal life and spiritual home for the pre-Qin scholars.Finally,the ocean also became the realistic metaphor for the pre-Qin scholars to discuss metaphysical Dao.