Abstract: Forgiveness is an important concept in social ethics. Comparing the thought of forgiveness between China and the West, it can be found that there are great differences between the two in terms of behavior presupposition, moral treatment mechanism, result and target orientation. The origin of these differences is due to the evolution of the historical language. In general, “forgiveness” of Confucianism is based on benevolence, which characteristic is not to focus on selflove or the function to repair social relations, but to actively achieve the unity of inner moral and external action.

Key words: Confucianism, forgiveness, benevolence, comparison between China and the West

摘要： 宽恕是社会伦理中一个重要的概念。中西宽恕思想比较中，可以发现两者在行为预设、道德的处理机制、结果及其目标指向等五个方面存在巨大差异，而这些差异的根源是历史语言的发展演变。总的来说，儒家所讲的“宽恕”是以仁为基础，其特点不是着眼于爱己或者社会关系的功能性修复，而是积极地实现内在道德和外在行动的统一。

关键词: 儒家, 宽恕, 仁, 中西比较