“中庸”被儒家视为道德行为的最高标准,一般解释为“中和之用”,而“中和”是指不偏不倚,和谐适度。 在竞争激烈的现代社会,提倡的是冒险和取利,谈论“中庸”似乎有些不合时宜。诱发我写这篇“不合时宜”的文章主要源于两件事,一是在我给一家刊物撰写一篇杂文的时候,提到了韩信和范蠡这两个著名的历史人物。韩信帮刘邦打下了天下,范蠡帮勾践复了国,都是有功之臣。稍懂得点中国历史的人都清楚,封建时代功高震主的大臣不外乎有两种命运,一种是像范蠡那样功成身退,以求善终。另一种则像韩信那样对刘邦存有幻想,结果硬叫刘邦杀了头。再一件是在看一个重播的小品时,为那位演小品的年轻演员因车祸殒命而感到痛惜。这两件事使我的思想受到了某种触动,进而得出了一个近乎玄奥 The Doctrine of the Mean is regarded as the highest standard of moral behavior by Confucianism, which is generally interpreted as “neutralization.” “Neutralization” refers to impartiality and moderate harmony. In a highly competitive modern society, adventurous and profit-taking are advocated. It seems inappropriate to talk about “the golden mean”. The article that inspired me to write this “out of date” is mainly due to two things. First, when I wrote an essay to a publication, I referred to two well-known historical figures, Han Xin and Fan Li. Han Xin Liu Bang Bang to help lay the world, Fan Jieshou Gou Jian Fu country, are meritorious. Someone who knew a little bit of Chinese history knew that the ministers of the High and the Great in Feudalism had no more than two destinies, one that ended up in good order as Fan Ran did. The other is like Han Xin, as there are illusions of Liu Bang, the result was forced to kill Liu Bang head. One more thing is when I watch a replay sketch, I deplore the young actor who plays the sketch because of a car accident. These two things have touched my mind in some way and have come to a near mystery