追寻“现代士人精神”——“士以天下为己任”刍议

Pursuit of "Modern Shiren Spirit" ——On "Shiren take the world as their own duty"

士人作为传统文化的载体已消亡,但传统儒学犹存。当代中国知识分子在传播儒学以及沟通传统文化与现代社会构建的过程中,具有怎样的担当?传统中国的士人是社会政治精英,"士以天下为己任"蕴涵着士人的社会责任感,他们以"做人"教育——亦即每个人的"修身——道德实践"作为起点,以实现理想的社会政治蓝图为终点。当代中国知识分子理应接续先贤,培育"现代士人精神"。为此需要拓宽视界与胸怀、继承先人的社会责任感、回报社会,增进现代意识与平民情怀,在近年出现的山东乡村儒学现象的感召下,为了期待中的中华文化复兴构建道德与社会文明的根基。

As the representative of traditional culture, ＂shiren＂ （a group of intellectuals and scholars in traditional Chinese society） has become a history, but the traditional Confucianism still exists. What is the role and responsibility of contemporary Chinese intellectuals in the process of communicating Confucianism and building the linkage between the traditional culture and modem society？ ＂Shiren＂ is the group of social political elites in traditional Chinese society. The word ＂shiren take the world as their duty＂ contains Shiren＇s social responsibility. They took education of ＂being a man＂, namely, ＂cultivate one＇s moral character＂ as the starting point of moral practice, and took the realization of ideal social political blueprint as the end. In contemporary China, intellectuals should inherits ancient sages, and cultivate ＂modem shiren spirit＂. To achieve the goal, it is necessary to broaden one＇s mind, carry forward sage＇s social responsibility, commit oneself to the society, increase modem consciousness and sympathy to the poor, and constitute moral and social civilized base for Chinese cultural rejuvenation in the appeal of Confucianism Studies phenomenon in Shandong village appeared in recent years.