近代中国传统文化变迁的特征及其启示

Characteristics and Enlightenment of the Changes of Chinese Traditional Culture in Modern Times

在鸦片战争发生后的百余年中,由于受到西方资本主义文化的强烈冲击,以儒学为主体的中国传统文化缓慢地发生变迁。在此变迁过程中折射出的特征是,传统文化在与西方文化的较量中表现出很大的颓势,然而从近代中国社会性质来看,传统文化仍然牢牢地起着支配作用。通过总结近代中国传统文化变迁的特征,对思考如何让中华优秀传统文化融入社会主义先进文化,提供了有益的历史启示。

In the hundred years after the Opium War, because of the great impact of Western capitalist cultures, the Chinese traditional culture, with the Confucianism as the main body, is under gradual change. The features reflected in the changes are that the Chinese traditional culture demonstrates a series of retreat occur in its collision with western cultures, yet it still dominates the modern Chinese society. In this case, summary of the characteristics of the changes of Chinese tra- ditional culture in modern times provides useful historical inspiration for us in how to integrate the Chinese traditional culture into the advanced culture of socialism.