康有为的新孔子观和新儒学观

Kang Youwei's New Viewpoints on Confucianism and Confucius

孔子是中国统治者标榜的圣人,是万世师表,孔子所创立的儒学是中国封建统治的合法性依据。及至近代,在西方文化的冲击下,康有为为了捍卫中国本土文化,挽救民族文化危机,树立民族自尊自信,标举孔子和儒学的旗帜,借用西学,重塑孔子形象,复原孔教,援西入儒,形成了自已独特的孔子和儒学观,在当时和后世都产生了极其深远的影响。

Confucius was the Sage respected by the feudal rulers, and the Confucianism founded by Confucius was the legal basis of feudal autocracy. In the modern times Kang Youwei re-portrayed the image of Confucius and recovered Confucianism using the western science in order to protect the local culture and save the national cultural crisis, thus his unique viewpoints on Confucius and Confucianism came into being, which had a far-reaching influence on both the society at that time and following generations.