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

摘要： 本文认为中国耻感文化可以追根溯源到儒家文明,并从儒家的开创者——孔子的言论中总结耻的内涵:耻与道德相联系;耻不信;耻体现一种担当精神;其次对知耻的作用进行详细的阐发;再次,对现代社会的“无耻”倾向进行了反思并申明研究耻文化的社会现实意义;最后针对中国文化为耻文化还是乐文化问题,对两种观点作一粗浅的比较分析,最后得出结论:两种文化的目标都是追求理想人格的实现。

关键词: 耻, 耻感, 耻感文化, 儒家, 孔子