论中国传统历史观的唯物史观胚芽

The Embryo Materialistic Interpretation of History in the Traditional Chinese Conception of History

中国人接受和认同马克思主义哲学首先是从唯物史观开始的,以往的研究忽视了这一事实与中国传统哲学提供的历史土壤的关联。以“通古今之变”为宗旨的中国传统历史观“善言古者,有节于今”、“食足知礼,民惟邦本”、“势非圣意,理势合一”等观点,在肯定历史进步和变革,重视经济因素和民众力量,探求历史趋势的客观性和这种趋势与历史规律的统一性等方面,与唯物史现有诸多相似之处,这无疑为接受和认同唯物史观提供了思想土壤。进化论的一些观点延续和展开了传统历史观中与唯物史观相近似的因素,并贯注了新的时代内容,使传统历史观经变革和融合发展为唯物史观。

The initial aspect of the Chinese people' s acceptance and identification of Marxist philosophy was its materialistic interpretation of history; however, the connection of this fact with the historical soil supplied by traditional Chinese philosophy was neglected in past studies. The traditional Chinese conception of history taking aim at 'comprehensively grasping ancient and present changes' is quite similar with the materialistic interpretation of history in many respects; for example, affirming historical progress and changes, paying attention to the economic factor and mass strength, and exploring objectivity of the historical tendency and unity of the tendency and historical laws. All this provide an intellectual soil for accepting and identifying the materialistic interpretation of history.