《禮記》家庭倫理觀之當代省思

The Contemporary Reflection on the Familial Ethics of Liji

傅玲玲(Ling-Ling Fu)

《哲學與文化》 35卷10期 (2008/10) Pp. 133-151

https://doi.org/10.7065/MRPC.200810.0133

摘要

《禮記》1中對於家庭、親族以至社會、政治等倫理關係及禮儀行為皆有所規範，欲以建構人群社會的秩序性，並作為治國及教化的準則，本文以探討《禮記》之家庭倫理觀為目標，並以「父子有親」、「夫婦有義」的倫理觀為主題探究之。由於《禮記》所面對的社會與當今社會不同，故吾人探討其哲學思想時，更應掌握其中「可變革者」與「不可變革者」的原則予以反省，而非僅在其制度面予以批評，否則，極易淪於以今非古的立場，對於以二千多年前社會為思考基礎的思想而言，亦有失公允。筆者認為：若能掌握「禮」中精義，以形式上的變更符合當代社會的型態，則「禮」仍舊有其價值，這也是《禮記》所期許的「『禮』之教」－「恭儉、莊敬而不煩，則深於《禮》者也」的真義！

關鍵字

禮記 ； 禮 ； 倫理 ； 親親之殺 ； 孝 ； 夫婦

並列摘要

In Liji, there are norms to regulate the ethical relationships within the family, clan, society and politics as well as the ceremonial behaviors, so as to construct the orderliness of the public and the society and function as the principles of governing the state and cultivating the people. The purpose of this paper is to address the familial ethics of Liji, inquiring the ethical views of the ”sincerity between father and son” and the ”obligation between husband and wife.” Considering that the society Liji was confronted with was different from the contemporary society, one should reflect on the ”changeable” and the ”unchangeable” principles, rather than merely criticizing the aspect of systems, as he or she explores the philosophy of Liji, otherwise one would easily fall into the rut of criticizing the past with that of the present. Moreover, such a petty criticism is unfair to a society that existed more than 2,000 years ago. The writer's opinion is as follows: if one can grasp the essence of ”propriety/li” and make some formal adjustment to the contemporary society, ”propriety/li” would still be valuable; and that is also the true meaning of the education of ”propriety/li” as expected by Liji.

並列關鍵字

Liji ； Propriety/Li ； Ethics ； The Differing Levels in Loving Relatives ； Piety ； Husband and Wife

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