J4 ›› 2011, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (7): 25-28.
天命观是孔子仁爱伦理思想的基石。夏、商、周三代的信仰从敬上帝，到拜鬼神，再到尊人崇德，信仰下移使周人的祭祀
和信仰逐渐功利化。孔子在反思周人信仰的基础上，秉承上古三代的信仰精神，创造性地形成了自己的天命观，相信只有信仰“天道”，才能把天赋予人的仁德转化为人道，人才能在现实生活中真正地行出仁爱，从而实现建立大同社会的理想。
The concept of destiny is the cornerstone of Confucius'ethic thoughts．The change of belief was from believing in God to worshipping ghosts to respecting human beings and morality in Xia，Shang and Zhou Dynasty，such alteration from abstract to concreteness made the people'fete and belief seek for utility gradually in Zhou Dynasty．Based on rethink profoundly of the belief of people then，Confucius inherited the belief spirit in in Xia，Shang and Zhou Dynasty，and formed his concept of destiny creatively．He trusted that only through belief in natural law，could people transform morality from the benevolence that Heaven offers human being， realize kindheartedness in real society and establish harmonious ideal world．
