关注民间：传统伦理文化研究的新思路

在中国传统伦理文化中,不仅存在以正统教化伦理为代表的“大传统”,而且还存在以民间伦理为代表的“小传统”。在两者的共时关系中,民间伦理虽然在社会文化体系中始终处于边缘地位,并受正统教化伦理的影响与指导,但由于它拥有最广大的民众基础,并切实地影响着人们的衣食住行、社会生活,因此不仅没有被正统教化伦理完全同化,反而以其自身强大的亲和力和无所不在的渗透力,通过对正统教化伦理的异质言说,显示出边缘对主流的反向同化作用和自身的相对独立地位。因此,要想接近和描述中国传统伦理文化的“原型”,就绝不能忽视民间伦理的存在。由此也就决定了,对传统伦理文化的研究,不仅要重视传世经典的爬梳和整理,而且对来自民间的各种思想素材,尤需格外关注。

Following Folk with Great Interest: A Fresh Thinking on Studies of Chinese Traditional Ethic Culture

Both ethics of enlightenment by education and folk ethics exist in Chinese traditional ethic culture. In spite of the great influence of ethics of enlightenment by education, folk ethics exists independently and greatly affects people in every necessity of life: food, clothing, shelter and transportation. Therefore, studies on Chinese traditional ethic culture involve both classical traditional ethic culture and folk ethics.