关键词: 耻, 耻感, 耻感文化, 儒家, 孔子

Abstract: Firstly, this article maintains that the "shame" culture of china can be traced back to Confucian civilizations and summarizes the connotations of "shame" from the speech of Confucius (the founder of Confucian School), which holds that the "shame" has relevance to morality and incarnates a kind of commitment and that one should repels the conduct of faithless. Secondly, it elaborates the function of the awareness of "shame". Thirdly, it ponders over the "shameless" trend in modern society and demonstrates the social significance of studies on "shame culture". Finally, this article reviews the opinions regarding whether Chinese culture is a shame culture or a pleasure culture.and the conclusion is:the target of the two kinds of cultures are the same—pursuing the realization of ideal personality.

Key words: Shame, Feeling of Shame, Shame Culture, Confucianism, Confucius