论中国人的死亡观

中国人传统的死亡观 ,是建立在自然宗教的基础上 ,具有神秘化、政治化和伦理化的特点 ,整体的文化意义高于生命的个体价值。中国人把生命看做一种自然现象 ,死亡是一件自然的事情 ,不必那样痛苦。到了汉代 ,随着佛教的传入 ,死亡也变得阴森恐怖起来。到隋唐时代 ,死亡观有了相对确定的含义。新中国成立后 ,出现民间的死亡观与马克思主义死亡观并行存在的局面

On Thanatopsis of Chinese People

The thanatopsis of Chinese people is built on the basis of natural religion, with the characteristics of mystery, politics and ethics, in which the collective cultural value is considered higher than the value of individual life. Chinese people regard life as a natural phenomenon. As part of the natural life, death is not to be taken as so painful an event. In the Han Dynasty, with the introduction of Buddhism, death began to be considered to be eerie and ghastly. Upto Sui and Tang Dynasties, there was comparatively fixed meaning in death. After the establishment of New China, there is a phenomenon of coexistence of folk thanatopsis with Marxist thanatopsis.