先秦儒家音乐思想的存在是以礼乐结合的形式、礼乐的辩证关系为依据。出发点是“仁义”之学,方法论是其“中庸”之道。儒乐思想告诉我们:没有道德做准绳,没有“仁”为根基,礼乐是句空话。“人而不仁,如礼何,”“人而不仁,如乐何?”《论语·八佾》“仁近于乐,义近于礼”(《乐礼篇》)。 礼乐关系的发现,仁义之学的萌发及中庸之道的最初论述都不是以孔子为最先,但他却是三者的集大成者。千代以 Pre-Qin Confucianism’s musical thought is based on the combination of ritual and musical forms and on the dialectical relationship between ritual and music. The starting point is the study of “benevolence and righteousness.” Methodology is its “golden mean” approach. Confucianism tells us: there is no moral standard, there is no “benevolence” as the foundation, and rituals are empty talk. “People are not benevolent, such as courtesy,” “Renrenhuiren, how happy?” “The Analects of Confucius.” “Jen is near the music, justice is near the ceremony” (“Ritual chapter”). The discovery of the relationship between ritual and music, the germination of the doctrine of benevolence, and the initial discourse of the doctrine of the mean are not Confucianism first, but he is the master of the three. Chiyoda to