当代儒学的四大使命

The Four Missions of Contemporary Confucianism

当代儒学事业看上去忙忙碌碌,但终归起来,其实这四件事可能是最紧迫的:义理的梳理、百姓的教化、社会的批判、价值的落实。只有将儒学的义理系统、脉络加以梳理,才能找到儒学义理的特点与不足,才能推动儒学的发展;只有展开对百姓的教化,让百姓亲近、接受儒家思想,才能使儒家思想浸入生活;只有对社会的批判,让儒学公开地、彻底地宣扬自己对社会的态度,才能体现儒家思想的哲学特质;只有使儒学的价值得到落实,让儒学意义实现对社会事务的改变与升华,才能构建儒家的理想。

Contemporary Confucianism seems to engage itself in many undertakings, among which, however, four tasks are the most pressing： collation of Confucian doctrines, moralization of common people, social criticism, and value implementation. Only a systematic collation of Confucian doctrines can define their characteristics and weaknesses to promote the development of Confucianism; only moralization, by encouraging common people to approach and accept Confucianism, can integrate it into their life; only social criticism, by allowing Confucianism to publicize openly and completely its attitude to the society, can represent its philosophical features; and only value implementation, by putting Confucian significance in force for the change and sublimation of social affairs, can build Confucian ideal.