民生与文明何以并进——孙中山对民生与文明关系的探索及其当代启示

How Can People's Livelihood and Civilization Progress Together——Sun Yat-sen's Exploration on The Relationship between People's Livelihood and Civilization and Its Contemporary Enlightenment

近代中国学者更多地思考文明与道德的关系,有的担心文明对道德的侵蚀而拒斥西方的文明。孙中山则将文明与民生联系起来,认为西方资本主义的本质使得文明与民生难以调和,文明越发达,社会问题越严重,只有通过激进的社会革命才能解决。中国尚处于贫穷的农业社会,需要学习西方的"物质文明"来将中国引向富强之路。文明与民生在中国是可以并进的,中国越文明,越有利于民生的改善。孙中山对文明与民生的矛盾的思考及其所持文明与民生可以并进的态度,对于当前我国的社会建设有一定的启发价值。

Modern Chinese scholars thought more about the relationship between civilization and morality . Some rejected western civilization for fear of it eroding morality .Sun Yat-sen linked civilization to people＇s liveli-hood, and thought that the essence of Western capitalism had made it difficult to reconcile civilization with liveli -hood .The more advanced the capitalist civilization was , the more serious the social problems were .Only radical so-cial revolution could resolve the serious social problem .China is still in a poor agricultural society .It needs to learn the Western “material civilization” to lead China to the road of strength and prosperity .Civilization and people＇s livelihood in China could progress together .The more civilized China is , the more conducive the civilization will be to the improvement of people＇s livelihood .Sun Yat -sen＇s thinking on the contradiction between civilization and people＇s livelihood and attitude that civilization and people＇s livelihood could progress together has certain enlighten-ing values for the current social construction in our country .