According to traditional Confucianism,righteousness means obligation,goodness,courtesy,and responsibility.As a basic component of Confucian thoughts,it is closely related to other Confucian virtues,like benevolence,co...According to traditional Confucianism,righteousness means obligation,goodness,courtesy,and responsibility.As a basic component of Confucian thoughts,it is closely related to other Confucian virtues,like benevolence,courtesy,filial piety,faith,etc.Meanwhile,righteousness was practiced and proved to be significant in governing a country in several states of Pre-Qin period.It still works nowadays.In connotation,righteousness not only means ethical order between human beings,but also highlights the value system stressing morality,still it underlines humane responsibility of obligation being intrinsic quality.Therefore,righteousness plays an important role in modern society.Apart from helping to establish favorable profit conception to promote individual realm of life,it also helps to promote an upright and clean social environment and build harmonious socialist society.展开更多
Abraham was justified by God because of his faith alone before he received the sign of circumcision which was then kept by the Israelites,his descendants.According to Paul and later Luther,justified Christians who wer...Abraham was justified by God because of his faith alone before he received the sign of circumcision which was then kept by the Israelites,his descendants.According to Paul and later Luther,justified Christians who were not born as Jews are similar to Abraham,although they more specifically believe in Jesus Christ as their Savior.Without any creeds of Judaism or Christianity,Abraham’s conception of God was not deep and abstract as today’s theology allows,but his experience was recorded in the Genesis by Moses under oral tradition and the guidance of the Holy Spirit.Many present Christians worldwide hold that despite their own limited understanding of God and his revelation in the Bible which has been fully written,they are justified or may be justified,so they are comparable to Abraham.The righteousness of God never changes.Not only can we comprehend the gradual revelation of God in the Bible,but we also can study the consistence of faith and righteousness in the Old and New Testament through Abraham,and thus we can better understand the justification faith through grace of Luther who holds a realistic view on the concept of church as does Paul.Compared with the faith defined by Aquinas who represents the medieval standard,the one defined by Luther is more consistent with what the Apostle Paul teaches.In conclusion,the paper supports the translation of the Bible with realism.展开更多
The core concepts of Confucianism were developed over the change of the times by Confucian scholars after Zi Si and Mencius, and have formed their respective structures: The three great principles of "benevolence...The core concepts of Confucianism were developed over the change of the times by Confucian scholars after Zi Si and Mencius, and have formed their respective structures: The three great principles of "benevolence, wisdom and bravery," and the self-cultivation model of "benevolence, righteousness and propriety" by Confucius. Following Confucius, Zi Si vigorously advocated the five virtues of "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and sage."Mencius initiated the four cardinal virtues of "benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom."Xun Zi often constructed the collocation of "benevolence and righteousness, rites and music, and loyalty and trustworthiness."Dong Zhongshu finally developed the five constant virtues of "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness."In a simple, clear, practical and feasible way, the core values of Confucianism have won support among the people and have had an impact on Chinese society for more than two thousand years. Being open and inclusive, the connotation of Confucianism took advantage of the strengths of different schools of philosophy in ancient China, and adopted changes from philosophies with positive attitudes. The Bashu area, in the southwest of China, has inherited the tradition of adhering to the Tao(natural order of the Universe) and valuing morality. Shu scholars have creatively built the core values of "the Tao, virtue, benevolence, righteousness and propriety," and developed a characteristic branch of philosophy above and beyond the Confucian scholars of the Central Plains. This concept stems from Yan Junping of the Western Han Dynasty, promoted by Yang Xiong, developed by Zhao Rui of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Shangying and Su Dongpo of the Song Dynasty, and Lai Zhide of the Ming Dynasty, then further developed by Liu Yuan and Duan Zhengyuan of the Qing Dynasty, and formed the persistent system of core values of the Shu School. Compared with the values of orthodox Confucianism, the core values of the Shu School have the functions of"a unity of metaphysics and physics"and"a combination of theory and practice,"which remedy the lack of Confucianism's ultimate concern for ontology and the lack of Taoism's realistic concern for practicality.展开更多
The contemporary viewpoint of righteousness and benefit,proposed by President Xi Jinping of China in 2013,initially originated from the traditional concept during the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States pe...The contemporary viewpoint of righteousness and benefit,proposed by President Xi Jinping of China in 2013,initially originated from the traditional concept during the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period over 2000 years ago.On the evolution,traditional views are usually individual-and domestic-level based;feudal kings were assumed the subject(dominant stakeholder)of practice with the people objects(passive takers);the subject and object enjoyed a hierarchical relationship in the domestic society.The contemporary concept focuses fully on the international level,viewing Chinese state as the subject and its neighbors(as well as some developing countries)as objects;they maintain an equal relationship in the international community.The upgraded analysis level and the changed subject and object as well as the altered relationship between them drive China's diplomacy to practice the contemporary righteousness-benefit viewpoint.Nowadays,the group of subject players expanded to include not only Chinese government but also Chinese enterprises,whose responsibilities still need additional clarification.For China case,the government is assumed to take the major responsibility in practicing righteousness,with enterprises for benefit.Subjects and objects enjoy a mutually beneficial relationship with each other;China,as the subject of practicing righteousness,naturally has the expectations to get righteousness in return from the objects.The contemporary viewpoint of righteousness and benefit will work as a practicing guidance to China's diplomacy,entailing a working mechanism to put it into practice.If implementation of such viewpoint fails to take route,correction mechanism from economic side will be needed as war is not always considered the ideal way.展开更多
基金an achievement of the humanities and social sciences projects,“Construction and Application of Multi-translated Versions of Chuci Corpus”Hubei Provincial Department of Education(18Y058)Yangtze Universities(No.2017csza07)
文摘According to traditional Confucianism,righteousness means obligation,goodness,courtesy,and responsibility.As a basic component of Confucian thoughts,it is closely related to other Confucian virtues,like benevolence,courtesy,filial piety,faith,etc.Meanwhile,righteousness was practiced and proved to be significant in governing a country in several states of Pre-Qin period.It still works nowadays.In connotation,righteousness not only means ethical order between human beings,but also highlights the value system stressing morality,still it underlines humane responsibility of obligation being intrinsic quality.Therefore,righteousness plays an important role in modern society.Apart from helping to establish favorable profit conception to promote individual realm of life,it also helps to promote an upright and clean social environment and build harmonious socialist society.
基金A study on the relationship of Augustine’s thought and the Enneads of Plotinus(奥古斯丁思想与普罗提诺《九章集》的关系研究),awarded by the National Social Science Fund of China(中国国家社科基金),number:17BZJ024.
文摘Abraham was justified by God because of his faith alone before he received the sign of circumcision which was then kept by the Israelites,his descendants.According to Paul and later Luther,justified Christians who were not born as Jews are similar to Abraham,although they more specifically believe in Jesus Christ as their Savior.Without any creeds of Judaism or Christianity,Abraham’s conception of God was not deep and abstract as today’s theology allows,but his experience was recorded in the Genesis by Moses under oral tradition and the guidance of the Holy Spirit.Many present Christians worldwide hold that despite their own limited understanding of God and his revelation in the Bible which has been fully written,they are justified or may be justified,so they are comparable to Abraham.The righteousness of God never changes.Not only can we comprehend the gradual revelation of God in the Bible,but we also can study the consistence of faith and righteousness in the Old and New Testament through Abraham,and thus we can better understand the justification faith through grace of Luther who holds a realistic view on the concept of church as does Paul.Compared with the faith defined by Aquinas who represents the medieval standard,the one defined by Luther is more consistent with what the Apostle Paul teaches.In conclusion,the paper supports the translation of the Bible with realism.
文摘The core concepts of Confucianism were developed over the change of the times by Confucian scholars after Zi Si and Mencius, and have formed their respective structures: The three great principles of "benevolence, wisdom and bravery," and the self-cultivation model of "benevolence, righteousness and propriety" by Confucius. Following Confucius, Zi Si vigorously advocated the five virtues of "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and sage."Mencius initiated the four cardinal virtues of "benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom."Xun Zi often constructed the collocation of "benevolence and righteousness, rites and music, and loyalty and trustworthiness."Dong Zhongshu finally developed the five constant virtues of "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness."In a simple, clear, practical and feasible way, the core values of Confucianism have won support among the people and have had an impact on Chinese society for more than two thousand years. Being open and inclusive, the connotation of Confucianism took advantage of the strengths of different schools of philosophy in ancient China, and adopted changes from philosophies with positive attitudes. The Bashu area, in the southwest of China, has inherited the tradition of adhering to the Tao(natural order of the Universe) and valuing morality. Shu scholars have creatively built the core values of "the Tao, virtue, benevolence, righteousness and propriety," and developed a characteristic branch of philosophy above and beyond the Confucian scholars of the Central Plains. This concept stems from Yan Junping of the Western Han Dynasty, promoted by Yang Xiong, developed by Zhao Rui of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Shangying and Su Dongpo of the Song Dynasty, and Lai Zhide of the Ming Dynasty, then further developed by Liu Yuan and Duan Zhengyuan of the Qing Dynasty, and formed the persistent system of core values of the Shu School. Compared with the values of orthodox Confucianism, the core values of the Shu School have the functions of"a unity of metaphysics and physics"and"a combination of theory and practice,"which remedy the lack of Confucianism's ultimate concern for ontology and the lack of Taoism's realistic concern for practicality.
基金Thanks also go to Shanghai Municipal Foundation for Philosophy and Social Science(2018BGJ007)。
文摘The contemporary viewpoint of righteousness and benefit,proposed by President Xi Jinping of China in 2013,initially originated from the traditional concept during the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period over 2000 years ago.On the evolution,traditional views are usually individual-and domestic-level based;feudal kings were assumed the subject(dominant stakeholder)of practice with the people objects(passive takers);the subject and object enjoyed a hierarchical relationship in the domestic society.The contemporary concept focuses fully on the international level,viewing Chinese state as the subject and its neighbors(as well as some developing countries)as objects;they maintain an equal relationship in the international community.The upgraded analysis level and the changed subject and object as well as the altered relationship between them drive China's diplomacy to practice the contemporary righteousness-benefit viewpoint.Nowadays,the group of subject players expanded to include not only Chinese government but also Chinese enterprises,whose responsibilities still need additional clarification.For China case,the government is assumed to take the major responsibility in practicing righteousness,with enterprises for benefit.Subjects and objects enjoy a mutually beneficial relationship with each other;China,as the subject of practicing righteousness,naturally has the expectations to get righteousness in return from the objects.The contemporary viewpoint of righteousness and benefit will work as a practicing guidance to China's diplomacy,entailing a working mechanism to put it into practice.If implementation of such viewpoint fails to take route,correction mechanism from economic side will be needed as war is not always considered the ideal way.
