出版社:外语教学与研究出版社
出版日期:1998-05
ISBN:9787560014494
作者:辜鸿铭
页数:143页
作者简介
本书原载1914年的《中国评论》,1915年更名《春秋大义》在京出版,并很快被译成德文,一时轰动西方。本书力阐中国传统文化对西方文明的价值,在当时中国文化面临歧视、中华民族遭受欺凌的情况下,其影响尤为特殊。当然,对于我们现在的读者,这首先该是一本极为宝贵的英语读物。
书籍目录
INTRODUCTION THE SPIRIT OF THE CHINESE PEOPLE THE CHNESE WOMAN THE CHINESE LANGUAGE JOHN SMITH IN CHINA A GREAT SINOLOGUE CHINESE SCHOLARSHIP,PART I CHINESE SOHOLARSHIP,PART IIAPPENDIX The Religion of Mob-Worship or The War and the Way out
内容概要
辜鸿铭(1857-1928),近代学者、翻译家,福建同安人,字汤生,自号汉滨读易者。他生在南洋,学在西洋,婚在东洋,仕在北洋。精通英、法、德、拉丁、希腊等多种语言,获13个博士学位,学贯东西,第一次将中国的《论语》、《中庸》用英文和德文译介到西方。
章节摘录
In other words, this State religion of Confucius makes a sacrament of the contract of allegiance as the Family Religion in China be-fore his time, makes a sacrament of the contract of marriage. As by the sacrament of marriage established by the Family Religion the wifeis bound to be absolutely loyal to her husband, so by this sacrament of the contract of allegiance called ming fen to y/, or Code of Honourestablished by the State religion taught by Confucius in China, the people of China are bound to be absolutely loyal to the Emperor. Thissacrament of the contract of allegiance in the State religion taught by Confucius in China might thus be called the Sacrament or Religionof LoyaLty. You will remember what I said to you that Confucius in away taught the Divine right of kings. But instead of saying that Confucius taught the Divine right of kings I should properly have saidthat Confucius taught the Divine duty of LoyaLty. This Divine orabsolute duty of loyalty to the Emperor in China which Confuciustaught derives its sanction, not as the theory of the Divine right ofkings in Europe derives its sanction from the authority of a supernatural Being called God or from some abstruse philosophy, but from the law of the gentleman-the sense of honour in man, the same sense of honour which in all countries makes the wife loyal to her husband. In fact, the absolute duty of loyalty of the Chinese people to the Emperor which Confucius taught, derives its sanction from the same simplesense of honour which makes the merchant keep his word and fulfilhis contract, and the gambler play the game and pay his gamblingdebt. ……
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