Abstract: In real life,people have many aspects of demands. The human demand is a nature of human being. The reason that the human demand can be the interior driving force of social development is that man has rationality. However, rationality is not only the cause of happiness but also the orgin of evil. It is rationality that makes people live in an eternal and inevitable unblance state, which causes deep contradiction between man and nature, man and category, man and oneself. These various contradictions cannot be got rid of in reality, so people often seek other transcendental ways, which is called belief. How to find man's spiritual home is becoming one of the most important issues for human beings. Confucianism, with its profoudity to life wisdom such as human existence, the value and self-development, demonstrates its positive meaning in rebuilding modern people's spiritual home.

Key words: demand, rationality, belief, Confucianism, modern value

摘要： 在现实生活中,人具有多方面的需要。人的需要即人的本性。人的需要之所以能成为社会发展的内驱力,主要在于人有理性。然而,理性是人的福音也是人的祸因。因为正是理性使人处于一种永恒的不可避免的不平衡状态中,导致了人与自然、人与类、人与自我的深刻矛盾。这种种矛盾在现实中无从解脱,常使人去寻求另外超越的途径。这就是信仰。如何寻找人的精神家园正成为人类最重要的课题之一。儒学以其对人存在的意义、价值及其自我完善等生命智慧的深刻性,展示了其在现代人重建精神家园中的积极意义。

关键词: 需要, 理性, 信仰, 儒学, 现代价值