通識課程中的經典教育－以「《大學》、《中庸》之研讀」課程爲例

The Role of Education of Classics in General Classes-Taking the Courses of the Great Learning and the Doctrine of the Mean as Examples

洪櫻芬(Ying-Fen Hong)

《通識學刊：理念與實務》 1卷3期 (2008/01) Pp. 153-169

https://doi.org/10.6427/JGECP.200801.0153

摘要

經典研讀是啟迪智慧的開端，更是學生通識涵養之基礎，施行經典教育，不僅為培養學生研讀經典、與經典對話的能力，更期許其能經由閱讀經典的歷程，累積廣博深厚的人生見識，引發見賢思齊的成長動力，培養自強堅毅的人格特質。本文以《大學》、《中庸》之研讀課程為例，思索儒學經典落實於現代社會之應用，探討如何在經典研讀的進行，指引學生取法學習，將聖賢之道融入於日常生活裏，帶動學生積極的學習意願，使學生能深刻瞭解經典之意涵。此經典研讀課程之設計，一方面增進學生對古文的欣賞能力，培養閱讀經典的習慣以及闡析作品內涵的思維能力，另一方面陶冶學生的道德實踐力，激勵其人文關懷之熱忱，造就其成為通情達義、胸襟廣闊的博雅人才。希冀透過「經典教育之意義」、「經典研讀課程之設計」、「經典研讀課程在通識教育之意義」等面向的解析中，闡明透過經典教育之進行，能將傳統經典智慧與當代現實生活作對話，激發學生對經典內容及傳統文化的交融性共鳴，促使學生思維經典旨趣在現代社會所具之意義，使傳統經典展現歷久彌新的教化力量，發揮經典對價值追尋的指引。

關鍵字

經典教育 ； 儒學 ； 大學 ； 中庸 ； 通識課程

並列摘要

Reading and studying classical books is the beginning of acquiring knowledge and intelligence; it is also the foundation of the general classes. To a college student, the education of classics can have at least two effects. First, it helps them to gain the ability to study and dialogue with the classical books. Second, through the process of studying the classical books, they would accumulate knowledge about life, stimulate the desire to model a meaningful life of the sages, and cultivate themselves a persevering character. Illustrating from The Great Learning and The Doctrine of the Mean, this article, including mainly three aspects–the meaning of education of classics, the design of curriculum of classics and how it is significant to the general education, meditates on how Confucian thoughts can be applied to the modern society, and how, through reading the classical books, to instruct the students to take the sages as their role models, who lived an aggressive and meaningful life, and contributed great benefits to the society then. In addition, an effort to inspire the students to be self-disciplined and to mold themselves a caring mind to others is also one of the main focuses of this paper.

並列關鍵字

education of classics ； Confucian ； the great learning ； the doctrine of the mean ； general classes