从天人到五伦--儒家视域下唐宋茶文化的伦理意涵

我国古代儒家文化以天人关系的自然宇宙观为肇始,延伸至天地人鬼神、天地君亲师等人伦关系,尤其是以父子、君臣、夫妇、兄弟、朋友等"五伦"关系为主要内容的伦理规范,成为儒家思想的核心内容。唐宋时期是我国儒释道文化"三教合流"的重要时期,也是中华茶文化兴起与发展的鼎盛时期,茶文化在自身发展过程中不断与处于中华正统地位的儒家文化发生交融、互动、互构。随着饮茶之风的盛行,"茶"这一自然之物在各类茶事交往活动中成为了"国饮",并逐渐被赋予了丰富的伦理意涵。

From Heaven-Man to Five Cardinal Relationships--The Ethical Implications of Tea Culture from the Perspective of Confucianism in Tang and Song Dynasties

The ancient Confucian culture in China started with the natural cosmology of the Heaven-Man relationship,and extended to the relationship between heaven,earth,people,ghosts,gods,between heaven,earth,sovereign,parent and teacher,especially the ethical norms of the relationships between father and son,emperor and minister,husband and wife,brothers,friends(so called"Five Cardinal"relationships),which became the core concept of Confucian thought.The periods of Tang and Song Dynasties are important for the convergence in"Three Religions"-Chinese Confucianism,Buddhism and Taoism culture,and also the heyday of the rise and development of Chinese tea culture.In the process of development,tea culture and the Confucian culture,being in the position of Chinese orthodoxy,have blended,interacted and constructed each other.With the popularity of tea drinking,"tea",a natural substance,has become a"national drink"in all kinds of tea-relevant activities,and has been gradually endowed with rich ethical implications.