论苏轼在杭州时期的文化性格

苏轼两度来杭均因政治原因外放做官,处于人生的失意时期。但他坚持为百姓做事,以实际行动来完善自身的道德修养,实现其政治理想;苏轼生活积极、快乐,他观览山水、吟诵诗词、结交僧侣,与杭州的自然和人文环境形成了最好的融汇状态。这种生机浩荡、天趣洋溢、超然旷观、自足完满的人生境界,是对儒家思想的坚持,又是对佛道思想的吸收。入世之志意与超旷之襟怀,构成了苏轼人生的一体两翼,传达了他对个体生命的真正重视,为我们树立了可供仿效的文化性格。

Cultural Disposition of Su Shi as Judged by His Stays in Hangzhou

Su Shi（1037-1101） was twice relegated and exiled to Hangzhou in his political career.Frustrated as he was,he persisted in doing things for the local people and accomplishing his own moral cultivation through his administrative practice,thereby realizing his political ideals.An active optimist,he took to sightseeing,composing poems and making friends with monks,and achieved the perfect union between the natural and the human environments of Hangzhou.Such a life philosophy of his,characterized by great vitality,overflowed humor,open-mindedness and self-contentment,was derived from his adherence to Confucianism as well as his incorporation of Buddhism.The determination to participate in social activities and the broad-mindedness in standing aloof from worldly affairs constituted the dual nature of his life,which manifested his true respect for individual lives and showed a cultural disposition that can be acquired.