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论文题目希腊神话的哲学思想及其与孔子中庸之

道的比较

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Contents

摘要 (ii)

Abstract ............................................................................................................................................ i v Text (1)

About the Confucius (1)

His life experiences and the background he lives. (1)

His philosophy and the doctrine of the Golden Mean (2)

A short introduction about the Greek mythology (3)

The expression from Confucius and the comparison between the two philosophy (4)

Bibliography (6)

摘要

本论文通过对希腊神话的哲学思想及其与孔子中庸之道的产生原因和形成

背景作简要的分析，对两种不同时代、不同地域、不同文明的两种文化思想进行了初步的对比。文章先是对孔子哲学思想的产生的起源，当时的地理社会背景以及孔子的一生做了简要的介绍，并举例介绍孔子中庸思想的具体表现，让读者对孔子和中庸有一个比较熟悉的初步印象。随即对希腊神话的产生、发展做简单提要（因为课堂上已讲了许多不做详述）分析其这哲学思想的体现，价值观和人生观、审美态度等进行浅析，进而对两中伟大的思想文明进行对比。

关键词：孔子众神文化奥林匹克精神中庸。

Abstract

This thesis is generally about the introductions and the comparisons between the philosophy of the Greek mythology and the middlebrow from the Confucius. Firstly, the thesis will give a brief introduction about the middlebrow philosophy, its social background, and the Confucius’s whole life. Tell the readers why does the the middlebrow philosophy come into being and give the detailed expression about it from Confucius’s saying. Then introduce the philosophy of the ancient Greek, its stories, and show how the philosophy come into being and develops, analyzing the embodiment of its value, esthetics. At the same time, do comparisons between the philosophy of the Greek mythology and the middlebrow from the Confucius which comes from the different times, areas, and civilizations. More emphasizes will be focused on the middlebrow from the Confucius and Confucius himself, because we have learn a lot about the ancient Greek from the class and the middlebrow and the Confucius are hard to understand.

Key words: Confucius; the spirits of the gods; the Olympic spirit; middlebrow.

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About the Confucius

His life experiences and the background he lives.

Confucius (born Kong Qiu, styled Zhong Ni) was born in the village of Zou in the country of Lu in 551 B.C., a poor descendant of a deposed noble family. As a child, he held make-believe temple rituals; as a young adult, he quickly earned a reputation for fairness, politeness and love of learning, and he was reputed to be quite tall. He traveled extensively and studied at the imperial capital, Zhou, where he is said to have met and spoke with Lao Zi, the founder of Daoism.

Upon his return to Lu, he gained renown as a teacher, but when he was 35, Duke Zhao of Lu led his country to war, was routed and fled to the neighboring country of Qi; in the disorder following the battle, Confucius followed. Duke Zhao frequently came to him for advice, but upon counsel of one of his ministers, he decided against granting land to Confucius and gradually stopped seeking his counsel. When other nobles began plotting against Confucius' position, Duke Zhao refused to intervene, and Confucius returned to Lu. But conditions there were no better than before, and Confucius retired from public life to concentrate on teaching and studying.

At age 50, he was approached by the Baron of Qi to help defend against a rebellion, but he declined. He was later made a city magistrate by the new Duke of Lu, and under his administration the city flourished; he was promoted several times, eventually becoming Grand Secretary of Justice and, at age 56, Chief Minister of Lu. Neighboring countries began to worry that Lu would become too powerful, and they sent messengers with gifts and dancers to distract the duke during a sacrifice holiday. When the duke abandoned his duties to receive the messengers, Confucius resigned and left the country.

Confucius spent the next five years wandering China with his disciples, finding that his presence at royal courts was rarely tolerated for long before nobles would begin plotting to drive him out or have him killed. He was arrested once and jailed for five days, and at 62 he was pursued, along with his disciples, into the countryside by a band of soldiers sent by jealous nobles, until he was able to send a messenger to the sympathetic king of a nearby country, who sent his own soldiers to rescue them. Once again, Confucius was to be given land but was denied it upon counsel of another high minister. After further wanderings, he eventually returned to Lu at age 67. Although he was welcomed there and chose to remain, he was not offered public office again, nor did he seek it. Instead he spent the rest of his years teaching and, finally, writing. He died at 72.