漫谈儒学与家庭伦理——从亲情关系说起

儒学伦理是德性伦理 ,其核心是仁。它首先从家庭亲情关系开始 ,包括夫妇之间的尊重和忠诚 ,父母子女之间的慈爱和孝敬。现代家庭结构发生了变化 ,特别是市场经济走进了家庭 ,财产和权利、义务方面的问题突出了 ,但是亲情关系是不能改变的。在平等的基础上继承、发扬儒家伦理 ,与现代家庭生活方式结合起来 ,对于家庭的稳定和谐、人的素质的提高是至关重要的。

A Random Talk on Confucianism and Family Ethics: Starting from the Love of Relatives

Confucian ethics is the ethics of moral character, the kernel of which is beneverlence. It begins with the love of relatives in a family, including parents' love and children's respect as well as the respect and loyalty between husband and wife. Some changes have taken place in the family structure of modern times. The problems of property, right and duty have become seriously striking, for family have been involved in market-oriented economy. Nevertheless, the love of relatives is unalterable. To get the stability and harmony of family, and to get the enhancement of human character, the carrying forward of Confucian ethics based upon the principle of equality, incorporated with the life-style of modern family, is of the utmost importance.