精神世界与意义追求 ——现代视域中的儒学

Abstract

One of the internal characteristics of Confucianism is focusing upon spiritual world, which implies the seeking of meaning and entails multiple significance. Associated with inside reflection and embodied knowing, the meaning implied by spiritual world involves not only the outside objects, but also human being himself. As the later concerned, the core of the spiritual world is manifested in both pursuit to the ideal and the consciousness of obligation. The pursuit to the ideal points at question of “what can I hope” while the consciousness of obligation links to the question of “what ought I to do”.The both of the two are connected with the reflection of the question of “what is ultimate end of human being”,which displays the deep concern of the meaning of human being. The thinking of Confucianism in the above aspects is still significant today.