余英时的知识分子观

Yu Yingshi's Outlook on Intellectuals

上世纪80年代以来,余英时先生对知识分子问题予以较多关注,为其学术思想注入了一种实践活力。他认为现代意义上的知识分子兴起于春秋战国之际,并利用"道"来改造世界。为了保证"道"的庄严和纯正,知识分子特别重视个人的精神修养。由于时代的变迁,现代知识分子面临政治与文化上的双重边缘化。

Since 1980s, Yu Yingshi has paid more attention to intellectuals adding vigor to his academic thoughts. He thinks that modern intellectuals can be traced back to in the Spring and Autumn Period and e- ven the Warring States Period who used ＂Tao＂ to change the world. Intellectuals particularly value their spiritual cultivation in order to ensure Tao＇s solemnity and purity. However, the modern intellectuals are faced with the double marginalization in potitics and culture because of the change of the times.