论儒家礼制文化的生态思想

中国古称礼义之邦,礼制文化是中国文化中一个重要组成部分。古礼起源于上古的宗教仪式,进入阶级社会后成为一种普遍的制度文化。儒家以宏扬礼学为己任,六经之义都贯彻了礼的精神。礼的重要的功能是协调社会中人与人的关系,包括宗法关系和政治伦理关系,但同时也有协调人与自然关系的功能。在《周礼》、《礼记》以及上古礼制的记载中,敬天、事天的礼俗蕴含了大量的保护生态的思想和可持续发展意识。

On the Ecologic Ideology of Li Culture of Confucian

The Li (polity and politeness) culture was an important part of Chinese culture. It was the centre of Confucian ideology. The Li culture not only balance the person and the society, but also balance the human being and the nature. It stresses the point that the man should defend the nature. It shows the idea that the human being and the nature symbiosis. It contains many ecologic consciousness.