《论语·先进篇》第十二章,季路问事鬼神。子曰:“未能事人,焉能事鬼?”曰:“敢问死。”曰:“未知生,焉知死?”人死有知无知?人死了之后,究竟有没有灵魂?这是人类童年时代的天问。孔子的回答,传达出了一点东方文化的理性。天堂、地狱,六道轮回,这是外来的宗教概念。我们古来的读书士子,对生死看得很开,叫做“生寄死归”。死亡,不过是回到应该归去的地方。即便是最普通的老百姓,也认为“人死如灯灭”。 The Analects of Confucius advanced chapter twelfth chapter, season ask ghosts and gods. “Said:” dare to ask death. “Said:” unknown students, how can we know death? “ Is there any soul? This is a question of human childhood. Confucius’s reply conveyed a bit of Eastern cultural rationality. Heaven, hell, six reincarnation, this is a foreign concept of religion. Our ancient scholar read life and death see very open, called Death, but back where you should go. Even the most common people, but also that ”people die like lights off."