中国哲学的自主与自觉——论重写中国哲学史

Autonomy and Self-Awareness of Chinese Philosophy:Rewriting the History of Chinese Philosophy

重写中国哲学史必须从哲学的一般意义和中国哲学的特殊性出发 ,积极开发中国哲学特有的问题域 ,阐明它与时代的互动关系 ,特别要突出中国哲学的根本特征———实践哲学的意义。就中国传统哲学特征而言 ,实践哲学远比心性之学更具解释力和现实性。近代中西文化全面而深刻的交流接触使得原教旨主义的中国哲学史根本不可能。在撰写中国哲学史时 ,利用西方哲学的某些资源不但是不可避免的 ,也是合理的。即便如此 ,在使用西方哲学观念解释中国哲学时仍要谨慎 ,概念不是纯粹的形式。正因为如此 ,建构中国哲学自己的概念体系是未来中国哲学史的题中应有之义 ;而内在批判和释义学阐发则是新的中国哲学史的基本方法论原则。

Rewriting the history of Chinese philosophy must start from the broad meaning of philosophy as well as China's philosophical specifics. Arenas unique to Chinese philosophy must be actively identified, and their relevance to their time explained. A basic characteristic—practicality—needs to be specially emphasized, as it has more explanatory power and helps interpret the tradition more realistically than the philosophy of mind. The comprehensive and profound influence of Western culture makes fundamentalism impossible for modern Chinese philosophy. It is neither feasible nor sensible to avoid Western philosophical influence totally in writing the history of Chinese philosophy. Nevertheless, one needs to be prudent in this process, since no concept is a pure form. Setting up a conceptual system for Chinese philosophy is therefore an unavoidable task in future historical work. Immanent critique and hermeneutic elaboration should be taken as basic methodologies.