中西兼修,耶儒会通——试析林语堂的宗教情怀

Knowing Chinese and Western Cultures,Integrating Christianism and Confucianism: On Lin Yutang's Religious Feelings

林语堂的一生,中西兼修,耶儒会通。他既吸收了中国传统文化的精髓,又体悟到西方文化的独特精神。其宗教情怀不仅包括了对基督教的曲折认识和情感上的升华,还包含了对道家思想的推崇青睐和借鉴吸收,以及对儒家思想的赞赏与认同。林语堂的宗教情怀既与其特殊的家庭环境有关,又受到地域文化和时代社会的影响。其宗教情怀体现出他个人的思想观念,也是对时代精神风貌的具体写照。

Lin Yutang＇s whole life witnesses his learning of both Chinese and western cultures,and his integrating of Christianism and Confucianism.He not only absorbed the essence of Chinese traditional culture but also digested the distinct spirit of western culture.His religious feelings not only include circuitous understanding and emotional sublimation of Christianism,but also contain favor,highly valuation and absorption of Taoist thoughts as well as appreciation and identification of Confucian thoughts.His religious feelings not only have something to do with his special family environment but also are affected by regional culture,and the society he lives in.Therefore,his religious feelings not only manifest his personal thoughts and ideas,but also specifically reflect the spiritual landscape of that time.