儒家礼治思想的缘起、学理与文化功用
The Origin, Academic Theory and Culture Function of the Confucian Political Theory of “Rule by Propriety”

人类社会的发展，归根到底是人自身的发展，只有人人都成为身心健全的君子，人类的进化才告完成。儒家文化以人为中心展开，将礼乐教化作为培养君子的主要途径。周人总结历史教训后，选择礼治的道路。中国文化中的“礼”，范围广大，几乎所不包，相当于西方人的“文化”。从学理上而言，礼以治身，乐以化性，礼乐双修，是完人教育的最高层次。礼的社会功能，是为社会提供符合道德理性的规范，加强民众的文化认同，是移风易俗的最好“抓手”。
The development of human society, in the final analysis, is the development of human-beings. Only when everyone becomes a man with physical and mental health，will the evolution of mankind complete. Confucian culture begins from human centered viewpoint and cultivates a gentleman by educating and influencing through propriety and music as a main way. The people from Zhou Dynasty summarized the lessons of history and chose rules by propriety. The “Propriety” in Chinese civilization was equivalent to “culture” in the Western，which has a wide range and almost contains everything. From the academic point of view，the highest level of holistic education is self-cultivation by propriety，nature-cultivation by music, and both etiquette and music are valued. The function of property is to provide a standard of moral rationality to the society, strengthen the cultural identity to the people, and change existing habits and customs.