＂The doctrine of the mean＂ , as one of core categories of Confucianism,is the behavioral stand- ards of Confucian ethics and morality and thinking methods, and is also the core cultural concept of Chinese traditional Culture. Although the idea of ＂the Mean＂ was rooted in the social culture of Chinese ancient times, the introduction of ＂the Mean＂ as an important cultural concept should be owed to the Confucius. Then Zi Si and other students inherited and developed the idea of ＂the Mean＂, and formed the systematic theoretical work ＂The Doctrine of the Mean＂. After that, Confucians in Song Dynasty enriched and developed ＂the Mean＂ in the concepts of philosophical culture further. Starting with the discussion on the connotation of ＂the Mean＂ ,the paper makes a primary survey on the ideological connotation of ＂ the Mean＂ as the moral standards. As the moral ethics,＂ the Mean＂ originated from the human fate and the nature at birth, but in the real life cultivation and social practice,＂ the Mean＂ is closely related to the ＂Li＂. If the fate and the nature is the final origin of forming ＂the Mean＂ ,＂ Li＂ is the external norm of realizing ＂the Mean＂ really.%“中庸”作为儒学核心范畴之一，是儒家伦理道德的行为准则和思想方法，也是中国传统文化的核心文化观念。“中庸”思想虽植根于中国上古社会文化之中，然而作为重要文化观念概念的提出，则应归功于孔子；子思及门人继承发展了“中庸”思想，并形成了系统性的理论著作《中庸》；宋儒进一步在哲学文化观念上丰富和发展了“中庸”。论文从“中庸”概念内涵出发，对“中庸”作为道德范畴的思想意蕴进行了初步考察。“中庸”作为道德伦理，它源于人所禀赋之天命、天性，然而在现实的人生修养和社会实践中，却和“礼”有密切的关联。如果说天命、天性是“中庸”思想形成的终极根源，那么“礼”则是其真正实现的外在规范。
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