宗教·哲学·人伦——中西死亡观在抒情诗中的反映

一般认为,在宗教背景观照下西方社会在死亡观上具有浓厚的彼岸性,因而轻视现世向往死后的超验世界;中国传统文化则具有鲜明的世俗性,因而刻意于生命的存留和现实生活的经营。但这是一个笼统的说法,以中外抒情诗为例,在死亡观上西方社会不仅有宗教上的感悟,也有哲学上的思考,中国传统社会不仅有儒家的慷慨,也有道家的逍遥。而两者都具备的则是对人伦亲情的悼念与缅怀。

Religion, Philosophy and Human Relations Chinese and Western Concept of Death Reflected in the Lyric Poem

It is generally believed that the concept of death in Western societies is with a strong jenseitigkeit under religious background.Therefore,real world is made light of and people yearn for the transcendental world after death.But there is a clear secularity in Chinese traditional culture,and thus people concentrate on life maintenance and real-life operations.But this is just a general statement.Taking Chinese and foreign lyrics for example,the concept of death in Western societies is not only the religious sentiment, but there is also philosophical thinking;there is not only Confucian generosity in Chinese traditional society, but also the Taoist carefreeness. What are in both is the family＇s mourning and memory of human relations.