论中国宗教的包容性

On Tolerance of Chinese Religions

国内外学术界一般认为中国宗教具有“包容性”,但对这种说法的内涵却缺乏必要的探讨。本文对这个方面作了较为详细的讨论,提出在以儒教为主体,其他宗教为补充的意识形态结构中,儒教的“正统性”、权威性在近代以前是不可动摇的。儒教同充当它的载体,为它所维系的“神圣秩序”是高度融合的,这一格局仍然影响着中国现代化的形式与进程。

It is generally believed that Chinese religions are 'tolerant', but what this 'tolerance' exactly means yet remains to be explored. This article is a fairlydetailed discutsion of thit issue. It argues that before the modern times, the ortho-doxy and authority of Confucianism was virtually unshakable in the ideologicalstructure in which Confucianism played the main part while other religions playedcomplementary roles. Confucianism was highly integrated into the 'sacred order'which was its carrier and which it in turn supported ideologically. This patternis at present still exerting strong influences on both the form and speed of the mo-dernization movement of contemporary China.