礼教与中国文论的发生特征

礼教的形成是一个历史过程,从西周的政教制度到春秋的理论总结逮至汉代经学传统的形成,呈现出政治制度、思维模式、精神传统等不同层面的演变。以礼教为核心的六艺传统,通过与天人合一命题的融合,贯通在古人关于天、地、人三界的理解中,成为中国古代知识系统和信仰体系的价值核心所在,在传统时代的社会政治生活及人文创造活动中发挥着重要的主导作用,先在地决定了中国文论的文化基因与精神方向。

Propriety and the Ontogenetic Features of Chinese Literary Theory

The formation of propriety(li jiao) is a historical process.It started from the Western Zhou politico-religious system through the theoretical summary of the Spring and Autumn period until the canonization of the Han Dynasty,which permeated political institutions,modes of thinking and ideological traditions.The Six Arts embodied propriety as its nucleus,the unity of man and Heaven thesis integrated propriety,and the general categories of Heaven,Earth and Man assimilated propriety,giving rise to its core status in the ancient Chinese knowledge and belief systems and its prominent guiding role in both political life and literary creation.Thus,a priori,propriety determined the cultural genes and future orientations of the Chinese literary theory.