The Six Arts is the origin of Chinese culture. The Analects, as the collection of the words and deeds of Confucius and his disciples, fully expressed the purport of The Six Arts, which laid a solid foundation for Chinese traditional culture and values. Confucius was keen to the historic literatures and immersed himself in learning them, and had deep cultural and historical heritage consciousness. It can be safely said that his theory and thought came from The Six Arts. In bringing the principle of The Six Arts into full play, he raised it to the level of “Ren”, which laid the solid ontological base for The Six Arts. As teaching materials, there was natural order in The Six Arts. In his interpretation of the purport of The Analects, Ma Yifu not only based his interpretation on Confucian classics, but also embodied the thoughts of Buddhism, highlighting the consistency and inclusiveness of Chinese traditional academic studies.%六艺(亦称六经)是中国文化的源头活水。作为记载孔子及其弟子言行的《论语》切实表达了六艺的旨趣,对中国传统文化与价值观的奠基起到了纲领性的作用。孔子好古敏求,有着深切的文化与历史传承意识,可以说六艺是其理论思想的来源,而他在发挥六经大义的过程中,将其提升到了“仁”的高度,为六经树立了坚实的心性本体基础。而六艺之为教,其中自有本末、先后之次第,马先生在对《论语》旨趣的阐释中,不仅本儒家经典以立言,又融入了佛教之思想,凸显了中国传统学术之一贯性与包容性。
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