《论语》中的儒家孝道及其伦理实质

在孔子之前,"孝"就是一个重要的德目。但是《论语》作为儒家伦理的经典,开创了儒家孝道作为家庭伦理重要德性的源流。历经两千多年,《论语》论述的儒家孝道,依然是现代孝道生活的主流。其中蕴含的最为稳定和核心的儒家孝道的伦理本质包括四个方面:儒家孝道的善端来源、儒家孝道的回报理论、儒家孝道中敬的主线、儒家孝道中礼的展现方式。

The Ethical Essence and Confucian filial Piety： In the Analects of Confucius

Before Confucius, filial piety was an important virtue. As the classic of Confucian, the Analeets regards filial piety as an significant virtue of family. After more than two thousand years, Confucian filial piety stated in the Analects is still the mainstream of modern filial piety life. The core ethical essence of Confucian filial piety in cludes four aspects： the good nature of Confucian filial piety, the return theory of Confucian filial piety, piety as the main line of Confucian filial piety, propriety as revealing ways of Confucian filial piety.