儒教与中国政治

中国自古就有儒教的概念,按照现代学术的划分标准,其中既包括具有宗教性的"宗法性伦理宗教",也包括哲学性的"儒学"。在官方文化系统中,宗法性伦理宗教发挥了政治统治和政治管理两方面的功能,成为历代政府政治合理性的主要依据。而儒家的哲学思想,则成为历代政府制定宗教管理政策的指导原则。正确解读儒教的超验性,是理解中国古代政教关系的关键。

Confucianism and China Politics

The concept of Confucianism has its roots in ancient China.Confucianism,according to the classification standard of modern academics,includes "patriarchal ethnic religion" with religious features and philosophical"Confucianism".In the system of official culture,patriarchal ethnic religion became the main basis for governments of every dynasty to judge the rationality oftheir political practice since it had two functions of both political rule and administration.And Confucian ideology became the guidance principle for governments of each period to carry out policies of religious administration.To properly look into the priori principle of Confucianism is the key tounderstanding the politics-religion relationship in ancient China.