摘要
在中国原创文化的源头中,最重要的是"皇天无亲,惟德是辅"这一命题;它以"两个世界"的形式出现,勾画了中国哲学中天人关系的基本性质和特征。"德"字及其观念起于何时?只能以甲骨文、金文和《周书》为据,是周人之新观念。其原始义非"道德"、"德行",而系全生、保全生命,引申为恩惠德泽;初为政治范畴,以后扩展为哲学性命范畴,与"性"为同类概念。"德"的文化政治与历史内涵对儒家人性论有极大影响,亦决定了老子之"道"不同于西方哲学逻各斯与总原理,而具有独特的中国哲学属性。
The most essential proposition in the depths of the original Chinese culture is the idea that ＂the emperor＇s reign contains no relation but virtue.＂ The proposition occurs in form of ＂two worlds＂, which sketches the essential character and distinctions of the relation between man and heaven in Chinese philosophy. Its primary meaning is neither ＂morality＂ or ＂virtue＂ but the existence itself and sustentation of life through it, extended to benefaction and reward for virtue. The proposition was initially political and then was stretched into a philosophic category, belonging to the same category as ＂nature＂. ＂Virtue＂ with its cultural, political and historical connotation exerted enormous influence on Confucianist view of humanity and also determined the sense of ＂Tao＂ of Laozi which was characteristic individually of Chinese philosophy and different from logos or general principle of Western philosophy.
出处
《陕西师范大学学报（哲学社会科学版）》
CSSCI
北大核心
2007年第6期5-12,共8页
Journal of Shaanxi Normal University(Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition)
关键词
德
天
性
heaven
virtue
humanity
original Chineseculture
