宗教神学的断裂,世俗哲学的突破——“轴心时期”中国文化转折探源

The Fading away of Religious Theology and the Emerging of Worldly Philosophy——A Causal Analysis of China’s Cultural Transition in the Axial Period

在雅斯贝斯所说的"轴心时期",希腊、印度、以色列、中国的文化都开始出现转型,印度选择更为完备的宗教神学,希腊选择了纯粹的哲学,中国则抛弃了宗教神学,选择了世俗哲学。这一文化转折对中国的社会、文化和精神层面都产生了深刻的复杂的影响。文章从哲学发生的母体——宗教着手,通过分析中国宗教与血缘、宗法、政治的关系的变迁,分析了"轴心时期"中国世俗哲学产生的渊源和过程。

In the Axial Period defined by Jaspers, the cultures of Greece, India, Israel and China all began their transition process： India opted for a more complete religious theology, Greece chose the pure philosophy, and China abandoned the religious theology and selected a worldly philosophy. This cultural turning point has exerted a profound impact on China in its social, cultural and spiritual dimensions. Proceeding through the analysis of the changes of relations between China’s religion and consanguinity, clan and politics, this paper analyzes the source and productive process of China’s worldly philosophy in the Axial Period.