中英-高级英语1何兆熊nUit1ChineseHumanism.docVIP

Unit 1 Chinese Humanism 1. To understand the Chinese ideal of life one must try to understand Chinese humanism. The term humanism is ambiguous. Chinese humanism, however, has a very definite meaning. It implies, first a just conception of the ends of human life; secondly, a complete devotion to these ends; and the thirdly, the attainment of these ends by the spirit of human reasonableness or the Doctrine of the Golden Mean, Which may also be called the Religion of common sense. 要了解中国人的人生理想，就必须先了解中国的人文主义。“人文主义”这个词含义模糊含混，然而中国的人文主义却有它明确的界说。它的意思是：第一，对人生目的的确切认识；第二，为实现这一目的而行动；第三，实现的方式是心平气和，即中庸之道，也