中国古代道德修养过程论初探

道德修养过程论是中国传统道德修养论的重要内容，儒家强调道德原循序渐进性和内在性，老子和庄子也强调人的道德境界的提高是一个渐进的过程。墨子则强调理想人格的完成是在现实生活中长期实践而积累的结果。“顿悟成佛”还是“渐悟成佛”则是佛教关于道德修养过程的观点。它们具有不同的理论价值和社会作用。

The Probe into the Procedure of Ancient Chinese Morality Cultivation

The Procedure of moral culrivation is the main content in Chinese thoughts of traditional moral cultiva-tion. The Confucimnists stress on the graduality and internality of the mornal cultivation. Laozi and Zhuangzi also stressed much on the improving of moral realm. Mozi stressed that the accomplishment of ideal character is the result of the long - life practice and accumulation. Sudden realization to become Buddha or gradual realization to Buddha is the Buddhist idea about the proedure of moral culfivation. They have different theoretic values and so-cial functions.