《周易》荣辱思想论要

《周易》中包含着丰富的知荣明耻患想。《周易》的荣辱观建立在天人合一的思想基础、等级宗法的社会基础、救世治乱的现实需求上。《周易》中的君子、小人分别是荣与辱的主体。《易经》的吉、凶、悔、吝、咎、亨、利、贞等断语体现了荣与辱的价值取向。《周易》荣辱思想主要表现为:以尚中时行为荣,以不节失恒为耻;以爱民德政为荣,以严苛刑狱为耻;以诚信友爱为荣,以失比争讼为耻;以治家严正为荣,以长幼失序为耻;以真情相爱为荣,以无爱婚姻为耻;以谨言慎行为荣,以躁言危行为耻等。

On the concept of honor and disgrace conceived in the Zhouyi

The Zhouyi conceives an idea of differentiating honor from disgrace. This view was based on the ad-herence to the unity between heaven and human, patriarchal clan system, and the need of statecrafts. In the Zhouyi, jun zi (superior man) is the subject of honor, with xiao ren (small man) being the subject of dis-grace. The judgments in the Zhouyi such as fortune, misfortune, regret, repentance, error, success, advan-tage, correctness etc. embody the orientation of value conceived in the Zhouyi. The idea of honor and disgrace in the Zhouyi is mainly manifested as follows: taking a middle way and acting timely are attributed to honor, without regulation and perseverance to disgrace; loving the people and virtuous governance are attributed to honor, over strictness and jailing to disgrace; sincerity and friendliness are attributed to honor, conflict and contention to disgrace; strict family governance is attributed to honor, disorder between the elder and younger to disgrace; passionate love is attributed to honor, marriage without love to disgrace; cautious words and deeds are attributed to honor, rashness and carelessness to disgrace.