论中庸的伦理意蕴

孔子第一个明确提出“中庸”概念,并把“中庸”看作为“至德”。中庸,就是恪守中正之道、不偏不倚、无过无不及与中和之意。“中和”,是中庸的精髓。从伦理学层面看,中庸,在人与人、人与自然关系方面,追求“和而不同”的中和境界;在道德行为上,坚持“过犹不及”的理性精神;在道德选择上,发挥“随时而中”的权变智慧;在道德规范上,坚持“兼德而至”的辨证思维原则。

On the Ethical Connotation of Mean Philosophy

Confucius was the first to put forward clearly the Mean concept and regard it as the highest ethic. Mean is the philosophy sticking to objective justice with neither bias nor prejudice. In other words, balance is the quintessence of Mean philosophy. In a sense of ethic, Golden mean is in pursuit of harmony and diversity among people and between Man and Nature. It holds that ethical behaviors never go beyond surplus; exert instant mean in ethical choice; and follow the dialectical principle both morally and ethically.