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诚(chéng)

“诚 ”是儒家思想的核心概念之一 ,其基本含义是真实无妄 。儒家认为,“诚”是“天道”或“天理 ”的本质,是万物得以存在的根据。同时 ,“诚”也是道德的本原和基础,一切道德的行为必须建立在内心真实无妄之上,否则便是虚妄 ,《中庸》称之为“不诚无物”。圣人以“诚 ”为本性 ,其言行自然与“天道 ”“天理”相合;君子则以“诚”作为道德修养的目标以及达于“天道 ”“天理”的途径 。

Sincerity

SincerityisamongthecoreconceptsoftheConfucianschoolofthought.Basically,itmeanstruthfulnesswithoutdeceit.Confuciansbelievedthatsincerityistheessenceofthe“wayofheaven”or“principlesofheaven, ”abasisonwhicheverythingelseisbuilt.Atthesametime,sincerityisalsotherootandfoundationofmorality.Allmoraldeedsmustbeconductedonthebasisofsincerityfromthebottomoftheheart.Otherwise,theyarenothingbutpretensions.TheDoctrineoftheMeanmaintains,“Nothingcanbeachievedwithoutsincerity.”Sagesaresincerebynature.Therefore,theirwordsanddeedsarenaturallyconsistentwiththe“wayofheaven”andthe“principlesofheaven. ”Junzi(amanofvirtue)upholdssincerityashisgoalformoralattainmentandanapproachtoachievingthe“wayofheaven”andthe“principlesofheaven.”

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[引例]

诚者,天之道也;诚之者,人之道也。(《礼记·中庸》)

诚者 ,真实无妄之谓,天理之本然也。(朱熹《中庸章句》)

Beingasitisisthewayofnature;beingtruetohumannatureisthewaytoachieveself-refinement.(TheBookofRites)

Sinceritymeansuttertruthfulnesswithoutanypretensionsordeceit.Itisthenaturalstateoftheprinciplesofheaven.(ZhuXi:AnnotationsonTheDoctrineoftheMean)