感恩与孝道——借基督教感恩文化重塑孝道文化

＂感恩＂是基督教的信条之一,＂孝道＂则是儒家文化的根。基督教感恩文化和儒家孝道文化的核心内容都是＂爱＂与＂感恩＂,都提倡＂敬爱父母＂、＂感激父母＂。在国内当前社会道德普遍滑坡、感恩之心缺失的背景下,尝试将两种文化进行融合,通过诵读古文经典,汲取传统＂孝道＂文化的养分;并借鉴基督教文化＂感恩＂的教义和美国＂母亲节＂的表现形式,内在以＂感恩＂作为＂孝道＂的心理基础,外在把＂母亲节＂纳入节日序列中,对国人尤其是青少年进行感恩教育,唤醒大家的孝道意识,从而弘扬传统孝道文化中的精华,积极构建和谐社会。

Thanksgiving and Filial Piety——On Recostructing Confucian Filial Piety Culture by Introducing Christian Thanksgiving Culture

Thanksgiving is one of the Christian creeds,while filial piety is the core value of Confucian culture.Love and giving thanks are the core of both Christian thanksgiving culture and the Confucian filial piety culture,and both of the two cultures advocate showing respect and appreciation to parents.In current China＇s society,the social morality is declining and the sense of thanksgiving is seriously deficient.The paper advocates trying to achieve the fusion of the two cultures to draw nutrients from the traditional filial piety culture through reading classics,and meanwhile learning the religious doctrine of thanksgiving in Christian culture.On one hand,taking thanksgiving as the psychological basis of filial piety,and on the other hand,listing the Mother＇s Day into the festival sequence to educate people especially the young to give thanks and awaken people＇s sense of filial piety so as to promote the essence of Chinese traditional filial piety culture and construct a harmonious society.