秩序是指在自然界与社会的进程中存在着某种程度的一致性、连续性、和确定性。自从有了人类社会,人们就在为自己所生存的社会寻求最佳秩序而不断艰苦地探索。许多伟大的思想家在这方面苦心孤诣,他们所创造的理论学说及其实践成为人类文化中最可宝贵的遗产。孔子是当之无愧在这许多伟大的思想家之列的,他所创立的儒家学说和欺了实践性的理论一样,把建立一个有序的社会作为其终极的价值归宿。 Order means that there is some degree of consistency, continuity, and certainty in the process of nature and society. Ever since human society has been created, people have been constantly trying to find the best order for the society in which they live. Many great thinkers are so painstaking in this respect that the theories and practices they have created have become the most precious legacy of human culture. As Confucius deservedly delineated among many of these great thinkers, Confucianism, which he founded, like the bullying of practicality, set an orderly society as its ultimate value destination.