生生:儒家超越死亡焦虑的根本路径

“生生”思想是儒家超越死亡焦虑的根本路径,具体体现在以下六个方面:宇宙自然视域下的“原始反终”; 血脉和精神传承视域下的“父死子继”; 丧礼和祭礼视域下的“慎终追远”; 体生和不朽视域下的“存顺没宁”; 生死抉择视域下的“杀身成仁”; 知命和立命视域下的“顺受其正”。儒家以“生生”思想统摄生死,彰显了深沉的人文智慧。

Production and Reproduction:The Fundamental Way of Confucianism to Transcend Death

The thought of production and reproduction is the fundamental way of Confucianism to transcend anxiety of death,which is specifically reflected in the following six aspects:(1)“Explore the origin and the outcome of the world” in the perspective of the universe and nature;(2)“A son inherits after his father's death” in the perspective of blood and spirit inheritance;(3)“Hold the funeral of parents cautiously and remember progenitors forever” in the perspective of funerary and sacrificial rites;(4)“Live optimistically according to the principle of morality,then let death take its course” in the perspective of perceiving life and pursuing immortality;(5)“Sacrifice life to defend benevolence” in the perspective of dilemma between live and death;(6)“Comply with one's own positive destiny” in the perspective of understanding and establishing one's own destiny.All in all,Confucianism governs life and death by the thought of production and reproduction,which demonstrates profound humanistic wisdom.