浅谈儒学与韩国民族精神

Confucian Cluture and South Korea Spirit

中国儒学自纪元前七世纪由孔子创立以后,以其特有的魅力不断发展,以其强大的影响力,在周边诸国特别是东亚的日本和朝鲜半岛广泛传播开来,产生了极大的反响,对这些国家政治制度思想文化民俗习惯的发展有着不寻常的作用。二十世纪六七十年代韩国经济突然崛起,在短短数十年间,从一个贫穷落后的的农业国一跃成为中等发达国家,创造了同时实现经济现代化和政治民主化的"汉江奇迹"。以韩国为代表的东亚现代化模式开始引起西方的广泛关注,也引发了人们对韩国文化(以儒教文化为主体)尤其是韩国独特民族精神的讨论和探索。

After the Chinese Confucianism established from 7^th century BC by Confucius,its unique charm has developed unceasingly. It has affected the neighboring country, especially East Asia＇s Japan North Korea and South Korea. In 1960s and 1970s, the South Korea＇s economy suddenly rose up from a poor and backward agricultural country to a moderately developed country in just a few decades, and created achieving economic modernization and political democratization of the ＂miracle of the Han River＂ Korea, represented by the East Asian model of modernization begun to attract Western attention. It also led people to discuss and explore Korean culture （in the main Confucian culture）, particularly the South Korea unique spirit of the nation.