摘 要：《礼记》是战国至秦汉年间儒家学者解释说明经书《仪礼》的文章选集，是一部儒家思想的资料汇编。它阐述的思想，包括社会、政治、伦理、哲学、宗教等各个方面，其中《大学》、《中庸》、《礼运》等篇有着丰富的哲学思想。
《礼记》在我国古代思想史和文化史上占有举足轻重的地位，具有多方面的学术价值。本文以《小戴礼记》四十九篇为蓝本，参照王文锦的《礼记译解》 和中华书局版孙希旦的《礼记集解》，结合我国国民公德缺失的现状，分析如何让现代人自我修养，让所谓的“吃人的礼教”成为“群众现象的礼”，为建设现代中国社会精神文明铺建思想的进阶。
关键词：《礼记》 公德 私德 礼仪
ABSTRACT："The book of Rites" is the Warring States period to Qin and Han period Confucian scholars explain the book "Rites" of the anthology, is a Confucian compilation of data. It elaborates on the idea, including the social, political, ethical, philosophical, religious, the "University" "the doctrine of the mean" "Li Yun" and other articles have rich philosophy.
"The book of Rites" has play a decisive role status in ancient Chinese history of thought and cultural history, has much academic value. Based on the "little Dai Li Ji" forty-nine articles on Wang Wenjin's "book of rites, referring to decipher" and Zhonghua Book version of the "sun Xidan book of rites variorum", combined with the status of the lack of national morality in China, analyses how to make modern people's self-cultivation, let the so-called "man-eating manners" become "mass phenomenon." for the construction of spiritual civilization, advanced modern Chinese society building thought.
Keywords: "book of Rites" ；morality； ethics ；etiquette
