新文化源于教会论——以张亦镜为中心

“New Culture Developed from the Church”– Focusing on the Ideas of Zhang Yijing

新文化运动是中国近代思想史转型时代中最重要的一次思想启蒙运动。清末民初,张亦镜站在基督信仰的立场上探讨基督教与民主、科学和白话文的关系,从文化交流的层面阐释自己的主张:民主来源于争自由之教会;科学出自上帝;白话文始于教会之先觉,最后得出结论:新思潮所标揭的各种主义统统都是从最旧的教会里头偷出来的。虽然这种认识局限于教会或者说"从教会里头偷出来的"观点可能值得商榷,但是他从另外一个角度审视新文化运动应当值得肯定,或者说至少表明作为中国人对构建近代国家观念的参与,从而呈现出中国人认识近代思想的多面性。

The New Culture Movement(around the time of the May 4th Movement in 1919) is the most important enlightenment in the intellectual history transformation era of modern China. From the late Qing dynasty to early Republic of China,Zhang Yijing discussed the relationship between Christianity and democracy,science and vernacular Chinese and concluded that all the ideas of new thoughts stole from the oldest churches. Though this thought is questionable,it at least indicated the participation of Chinese in constructing the concept of a modern country,showing the versatility of Chinese in recognizing modern thoughts.