“返本开新”之途的断裂处——熊十力中西文化比较思想研究

A comparative study of Chinese and western cultures by Xiong Shili

中国的近代化面临着两难的抉择,中西文化的分辨成为近代中国的文化难题。熊十力的学说正是以"返本开新"为旨归,试图从传统儒家精神中开出现代的科学、民主思想。在熊十力看来,中国文化是"性"上立基的,西方文化是"欲"上立基的,并试图通过以"性"摄"欲"的方式来融合中西文化。但这也是其学说的缺陷所在,道德价值和富强价值毕竟是错落开来的两层不同维度的价值取向。

The writer assumes that Chinese modernization is a dilemma,and comparison of Chinese and western cultures is most difficult.Therefore,Xiong Shili attempts to develop science and democracy from Confucianism in that Chinese culture bases on nature and western culture on desire.He combines both through desire controlled by nature,which cannot stand either,for moral and prosperity are on different dimesions.