讀經教育已為現今華人世界最具共識的文化活動，其當是全體華夏子民所應珍視、寶愛和共承共奮者。讀經教育固可理解為以經典的閱讀研習做為教育的方式與內容之一，但其真切意義則應該是「讀經傳統的延續發展與經典智慧的示現實踐」。讀經教育畢竟是以人格的成就為重，所以它定當將人間做為實證實修之道場而不能離開生活世界的經營參與，至於所所閱讀的經典乃以具足高貴之文化心靈者為優先，若儒釋道的典籍即為此類文化經典之範型。讀經教育可以前後分成「文字的閱讀」與「文本的閱讀」兩階段，而在後面的階段中，所謂閱讀即是進行詮釋的活動，若相應於文化經典的特質，則所謂的詮釋當不只是認知性的理解而更要有實踐性的體證。讀經教育在當前的教學環境中，固當可以開啟博雅與通識的理想，蓋經典義理中的人文主義精神既可做為通識教育的理論建構，其重視主體性的成就，亦可貞定通識教育之地位本在興發學生通達的慧識而實現全人教育的目的，而以讀經教育為主軸的通識教育，勢必將經典教學當成核心課程，然在設計上自而考量如何的向下之延伸與向外之擴散，使之構成一整體之網絡聯結，並讓宏觀與凝視得以兼顧兩行。讀經教育在當前的教育環境中，又可與生命教育充分對話並有效體現其目的。現行國內的生命教育雖有七項訴求，但離不開哲學智慧之清明、宗教意識之虔敬和生命人格之和諧等三大原則，若經典中之義理觀念皆可對應之並給予切中肎綮之教誨，試以老子思想為例，則哲學智慧之開啟莫過於「知病以治病，治病以去病，去病而無病」的體現優質的人生，宗教意識之體現則在於歸根復命以見證天道之真實並獲生命之永恆，人格境界之統整要在謙卑守柔以使生命能夠充分敞開並無障無隔共生共榮的迎向於天地神人。 The classics-reading education has became the cultural activity in modern Chinese world, and all Chinese should treasure it. Although the classics-reading education could be think as recitations or study of classics, the continuation of reading traditional clas- sics and the practice of classics wisdom should be the real meaning of classics-reading education. The classics-reading education focuses on the formation of personality after all, therefore it takes the life world as practical area, and the classics that such as Con- fucians, Taoism and Buddhism have the priority of promoting interior. The classics- reading education could be divided into word-reading and text-reading, the latter is her- meneutic activity that not only interpreting cultural classics with epistemic understand- ing, but also having practical testimony. The classics-reading education which have hu- manistic spirit of classics and wisdom of subjectivity constructs the core of general education, achieves the holistic education, and forms the main classes of classics-teach- ing. The classics-reading education connects with life education which involve in the enlightenment of philosophical wisdom, the respect of religious consciousness, and the harmony of life personality. The philosophy of Lao-zi, for example, has the philosoph- ical wisdom about cultural therapeutics, reality of heaven of religious consciousness, and integrity of personality which should be humble to everything in life.
