从“整理国故”到“活的生命整体”——略论近年来中国文化研究的新进展

From National Cultural Heritage Systemization to Living Vital Unity——Brief View of the New Progress on Chinese Culture Studies in Recent Years

从什么角度、如何看待中国文化,中国文化传统在现代社会之中是否还有内在生命力,中国古代文化与中国现代文化之间是什么关系,这些一直是近代以来受到多方关注而又见仁见智的焦点问题。西化派专注于文化的时代性来看待中西文化,将中西文化的差别归结为时代性的不同,从而得出了中国文化早就已经死亡的结论。文化保守主义者注重挺立民族文化精神的主体性,坚心要为中国文化的现代生命力做见证,但也存在着根本不承认中国现代文化是整体的"中国文化"之组成部分的问题。"马魂中体西用"论指明中国古代文化与中国现代文化是一个统一的"文化生命整体",明确肯定这一"文化生命整体"在今天依然有着鲜活的生命力,从一个侧面代表了当代中国文化研究的新进展。

How and from what perspective to regard Chinese culture, if the Chinese cultural tradition own inherent vitality in modern society and the relation between Chinese ancient culture and modern culture, these have been focus issue concerned by many people since modern times. The Westernization regarded Chinese and Western culture by contemporaneity of culture, result the distinction of Chinese and Western culture and summed up Chinese culture had already been dead. Cultural conservative insisted on the subjectivity of national cultural spirit and hoped to witness the modern vitality of Chinese culture. However, they denied that Chinese modern culture is a part of the whole Chinese culture. The theory of Ma Hun Zhong Ti Xi Yong pointed out that Chinese ancient culture and modern culture are unified culture vital unity, and affirmed this unity still has living vitality today. This theory represented the New Progress on Chinese Culture Studies in contemporary era.