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“宗教”一词有广狭两义。狭义的宗教意指有关于神圣者的观念与情感体验、有相应的仪式的活动与组织。广义的宗教则意指对被体认为终极者的无限关怀态度。若以前者为检验标准,则儒学不是通常的宗教;若以后者为衡量尺度,则儒学又具有宗教的品质和精神,可以部分地发挥宗教的功能。我们不能因为儒学不是狭义上的宗教,就否认它具有宗教精神。相反,我们也不能因为儒学具有某种宗教精神,就认定它是通常意义上的宗教。
“Religion ” has a wide range of meanings. Narrow religion refers to activities and organizations that have a ritual of conceptions and feelings about the divine. Broad religion refers to the ultimate concern for the bereaved attitude of the bereaved. If the former is the test standard, Confucianism is not the usual religion; if the latter is a yardstick, Confucianism has religious qualities and spirits and can partially exert the function of religion. We can not deny that Confucianism is religious because it is not a narrow religion. On the contrary, we should not consider Confucianism to be religion in the usual sense because of its religious spirit.