近百年中西文化撞击中之理论难题——兼论五位大师少壮时节之理论突破

The Theoretic Difficulties for the Cultural Encounter of China and the Western in the Hundreds of Years

1840年鸦片战争之后,中华民族在国家命运与传统文化两大方面同时遇上了生死存亡之双重危机,面对此灾难,崛起了应对时势的极为壮观的大师群。最令人注目者是大师群在少壮年龄时节便呈现了开风气之先的精神狂飙,在民族危难中以自己的心血与智慧反思与提炼出"政治—学术—人格"融贯一体的人生处世范式。中西文化撞击,必须闯过两个大关(难题):一是铸造具有强大生命力的"政治—学术—人格"融贯一体的人生处世范式(信念系统);二是中土哲学之"形式"(理论系统),必须由中土哲学之"材料"生发出来(知识系统)。前者是基础、条件,后者是学术方向与突破。两者合璧即是一个健壮的、有大义担当的中国士人。若落实于人生智慧上,即是信念系统与知识系统之贯通一气。

After the Opium War in 1840, China suffered a dual crisis of vital importance in its fate and traditional culture, in response to which a group of splendid masters rose up. The most brillant feature of this group is the burst out of the pioneering spirit which is nurtured in their experiences of the hard times and which demonstrates itself in their integrating politics, academic research and personality into their lifestyle. There are two difficulties in the face of the cultural clash. One is to develop the wisdom of life which integrates politics, academic research and personality, which is the belief system. The other is to build up a theoretic system, the form of Chinese philosophy, which roots in Chinese philosophic 'materials', the knowledge system. The former is the foundation and prerequisite, and the later one is the direction and breakthrough. The integration of both is the wisdom of life, that is, an integrated mode of belief system and knowledge system.