“仪型文王,万邦作孚”的认识论意义

《大雅·文王》是西周初创作的颂扬文王盛德的诗歌,这首诗歌体现了西周初在重视人道德品性的思潮中,开始产生了关于人自身和外部世界的相互关系的理性认识。其以人的道德属性配以上天意志的思想,是天人合一思想的源头。这种思想将人的道德属性看作联结宗教天命意志和人自身命运的纽带,是中国传统哲学思辨的核心问题,体现了中国古人的思维活动转入对人自身的反思过程中,已经产生了传统哲学思想中的知行论的思想方法。

The Epistemological Significance of “Yi Xing Wen Wang, Wan Bang Zuo Fu”

Daya Wenwang is a poem written in early West Zhou Dynasty for praising King Wenwang’s high morality and benevolence.It indicates that at a time when moralities were greatly valued,people began to think rationally about the interrelationship between human and outer world.Contained in the poem is the thought that people’s moralities are a representation of the Heaven’s will,an origin of Chinese thought of "Heaven-human in one".The thought,which regards people’s moralities as the tie between religious Heaven wills and his personal destiny,is the core speculative question in traditional Chinese philosophy.It is a sign that a knowledge-practice-theory-based thinking method in traditional Chinese philosophy had originated when ancient Chinese turned their speculation into reflection of human himself.