文化的他者之镜——读《中国之欧洲》的思考

The Unfolding Experiment on Different Cultures-Thinking on L'Europe Chinoise

《中国之欧洲》是当代比较文化学者艾田蒲的力作,它用详尽的史料介绍了中国文化影响欧洲文化发展的整个历程,打破了一贯存在的欧洲中心论,同时证明欧洲文化能够在近代取得巨大的发展与它过去对待文化交流的开放态度是分不开的,这与中国封闭保守的古代文化形成了鲜明的对比,是反思中国文化发展的重要视角。不同文化间的相互交流能够促进彼此的发展,只有坚持开放的文化态度,人类文明的发展才能保持积极的内在生命力。

Rene Etiemble is a comparative cultural historian. L＇ Europe Chinoise is his greatest masterpiece. The book introduces the whole course of Chinese cultural influencing on European cultural development. The book has broken the long - held ＂Euro - cen- tered＂ trend and proved the great development of European culture in the early modem era and its open attitude about culture exchanges were inseparable. The European cultural form a powerful contrast to the feudal conservative culture of China and it is an important view to reflect on the development of Chinese culture. The different cultures could promote common development through mutual exchanges. Only insist on open attitude of cultural exchanges could maintain the active development of mankind＇ s civilizations.