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STUDII CULTURALE

Universitatea „Lucian Blaga” Sibiu

Institutul Confucius Sibiu

ANDREEA DIETRICH

Confucian Ethics: the Conceptual Tools

摘要 Abstract

Confucius is considered the spiritual
孔子是中国历史上著名的思想家、 father of the Chinese nation. His teachings enjoy
大教育家。是他开创了私人讲学的风气， in China an indisputable recognition and

同时孔子也是当时盛会上最博学的人之 veneration. Referring to Confucian thinking,
一。谈到儒家思想，我们可以正确地谈论 one can rightly speak of a central concept, which
accounts for its values and at the same time
一个中心概念，它解释了它的价值，同时
subordinates all the other concepts with which it
服从于它所运作的所有其他概念。 当然，
operates. Of course, we cannot ignore the
我们不能忽视“道”，这个概念实际上是儒
Dao道, a notion that is in fact common to both
家和道家共同的概念，但只有后者才具有 Confucianism and Daoism, but having a central

核心作用，在明确表达的宇宙起源和宇宙 role only in the latter, where, within a clearly

论中，它扮演着宇宙起源的角色。 和同时 expressed cosmogony and cosmology, it takes
遵循的路径。 在孔子的《论语》中， the role of cosmogonic source and path to follow
“道”似乎是一种生活方式，同时又让自己 at the same time. Dao seems to be, in the
Analects of Confucius, the way lived and which
被发现：它不是一种可测量的方式，或者
leaves itself discovered at the same time: it is not
用同时代社会学的术语来说，而是通往一
a measurable way, or in the terms of sociology
种我们无法言说的理想的方式。 在某个特
contemporaries, but the way to an ideal about
定的时刻，经过一些努力和一些费用，我 which we cannot say at a given moment that,
们已经达到了这一目标。 after some effort and some expense, we have

下一篇文章将重点讨论儒家观念， reached it.
首先是“仁”，然后是我将在本书中重点讨 The following article focuses on the

论的概念“敬”。 Confucian notions starting with ren,
“humanity”, and leaving for later the concept on
关键词：孔子、人性、道、论语、哲学。
which I will focus in the work, rang,
“deference”.
Keywords: Confucius, humanity, Dao,

Analects, philosophy.
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