孔子敬观及其在现代管理中的意义

敬是孔子思想中的重要观念。孔子将敬思想贯彻到亲亲之礼与尊尊之礼中,主张子女对待亲人应孝敬,下级对待上级应尊敬。敬不仅是普通人立身处世的原则,也是统治者必须具备的素养。敬与仁紧密相关,正是在敬的观照下,仁才得以发显流行。就孔子敬观念的发源而言,对礼之完美性的认肯,使孔子生发出对礼的敬意,并将对礼之敬转化为对仁之敬,最终实现了敬礼与敬仁的合一。孔子的敬观念能够渗透进现代管理中的家庭管理、职业管理、人际关系管理、环境管理、自我管理等领域,发挥着重要的现实作用。

Confucian idea of Reverence and Its Significance in Modern Management

Reverence is an important idea in Confucian thought.Confucius brought the idea of reverence into all kinds of rites.He advocated that offspring should show filial piety to elders and subordinates should show respect to superiors.Reverence is not only the principle for ordinary people to behave themselves,but also the necessary quality for rulers.Reverence is closely related to benevolence.Just in the comparison of reverence,benevolence came into popular.As to the origin of Confucian idea of reverence,he considered rites perfect and respected rites,and he then transformed rites into benevolence and transformed the reverence of rites into the reverence of benevolence.Then he finally realized the conformity of rites,benevolence and reverence.The concept of reverence can permeate many fields and plays an important practical role in modern management areas such as family management,occupation management,human relationship management,environment management and automation management.