“法天贵生”的历史昭示

先哲体悟到“天”具有生“物”的职能,即发现“天”理的“生”理效应。他们对天的关注,本质上是对现实生命的关注。“法天”,意味着“贵生”。天德贵生与人德贵生处于两相对应的价值框架之中。对“天”职的崇敬转化为爱生节用的情操,即好生而养生,爱物而惜物,取之有时而用之有节。这一理论致思和行为操守既是情感的投射,又是理性的选择;既是为天地万物负责,也是为人类自身负责。诸如“律天时”的规律把握,自然“无为”的方法论,“忧天”和“补天”的体认,时空关系上的谐调,以及“为天地立心”的责任感等,都是法天贵生理论的分衍。它体现了理性与情感的统一,功利与审美的统一,目的与规律的统一,现世与超越的统一,主体人与客体物的统一,具有超越时代的恒常价值,可为当代人类社会带来冷峻而绵长的历史昭示和现实启发。

The Historical Implications of "Respecting Heaven and Cherishing Life"

Respecting heaven" means "cherishing life". Moral integrity of transforming "respecting heaven" to "cherishing life" means caring for life and treasuring things. This theory implies that human's responsibility for all things on the earth and for themselves, which embodies the unity of rationah'ty and feeling, the unity of utility and aesthetics, the unity of reality and transcending, and the unity of subjective people and objective things.