中国伦理理念的价值生态及其在文明互动中的意义

The Value Ecosystem of Chinese Ethical ideas and its Significance in the Interaction of Civilizations

中国伦理理念是一个辩证发展的有机价值生态。这个生态在文化原理方面由四个价值因子构成,即人伦原理、人德规范、人生智慧、人文力;在文化结构方面形成四对价值关系,即"伦"—"理"、"理"—"道"、"道"—"德"、"德"—"得";在文化功能方面分别解决四大价值问题,即伦理实体、道德自我、应当如何生活、意义世界;在文化运作方面展现为"伦"—"理"—"道"—"德"—"得"的依次演进,由客观人伦关系出发,经过价值抽象,复归于现实的社会生活。文化原理是逻辑生态;文化结构和文化功能是历史生态;文化运作是现实生态。从中国伦理的价值生态中可以引发出诸多对文明复归与文明互动具有资源意义和启发意义的课题,但必须对中国伦理进行生态把握和价值生态的创造性转换。

Chinese ethical ideas are a value ecosystem, which develops dialectically. It contains four value factors of the cultural principles: the principles of renlun (the natural order of human relations), the norms of rende (the human virtue), the wisdom of human life, the power of humanity; it has four value relations at its cultural structure: lun (the natural order based on human relations) and li (principles of human interaction), dao (rules of social behavior) and de (virtue), de (virtue) and de (gain), the interlinking of virtue and gain; its cultural functions are to solve four value issues: ethical entity, moral ego, how to live, and the world of meaning. From cultural operation perspective, it is a dialectical process of evolution from lun, li, dao, de, and finally to de (gain), a process starting from the objective human relations and returning to social life in reality after value abstraction. The cultural principles are a logic ecosystem; cultural structure and functions, a historic ecosystem; and cultural operation, a realistic one. Many issues can be drawn from the ecosystem of Chinese ethical ideas, which can provide resource and enlightenment to the civilization return and interactions. The key is that we must comprehend Chinese ethics ecologically and make an ecological transformation of it.