秦朝时期儒家伦理的潜流

秦朝在人们心目中一直是一个严酷的法制社会,实际上,秦朝时期在法制政治之下,涌动着儒家伦理的潜流。儒家的忠、孝等道德标准仍然是重要价值尺度,是行为选择的是非标准。政治上,秦王朝常以法律为工具在民间推行儒家伦理,实行“教化”;要求官吏宽以待民,带有浓重的儒味;对周边少数民族国家实行怀柔政策。秦朝礼制中含有立社稷、修宗庙等儒家古制。秦朝,并不是一个失去了温情的时代。

The Undercurrent of Confucius Ethic in Qin Dynasty

So far,it is believed that Qin Dynasty was a society with cruel laws,but this article tends to approve that below the surface of nomocracy,there flowed the undercurrent of Confucius ethic which exerts great influence on people's judgment on values and political views.Therefore,Qin Dynasty was not an age devoid of human empathy.