“西学东渐”下的中国文化——关于近代中国文化的若干思索

Interpretation on Chinese Culture from the Perspective of “Eastward Spread of Western Culture”——Speculation on Modern Chinese Culture

鸦片战争之前,就有部分西方的传教士来到中国,开始了"西学东渐"的历程,清政府就开始同西方进行接触和交流。随着鸦片战争的失败,使得清政府对西方的"船坚炮利"有更深一步的认识,难以抵挡西方的入侵,因此中西的交流之门被迫打开。"三千年未有之变局",正是这一时期的真实写照。虽然清政府在不同程度上对"西学"有所限制,但是交流已经成为时代发展的潮流。固步自封只能使自身发展更加局限,积极迎纳才有可能在发展的大洪流中持帆远航。近代化的发展历程是一个艰辛探索的过程,是一个文化融会的过程,是一个中西碰撞的过程。

Before the Opium War, some western missionaries came to china to initiate the process of ＂Eastward Spread of Western Culture＂. Therefore, Qing government started to communicate with the western countries. With the defeat in the Opium War, Qing government further understood the importance of the＂Ships and Armament＂. Since it was difficult to prevent the invasion from western countries,＂Door for Communication＂between Chinese and western countries was forced to be opened.＂This situation had never happened since three millenniums＂, which was a mirror reflecting that period. Although Qing government restricted＂Eastward Spread of Western Culture＂to some degree, culture exchange had been the main trend in that time. Keeping changeless made no sense but limited self-development. Only learning actively could last longer in the big current of the development. The development for modernization was a hard process for exploration, a process for culture fusion, and also a process for cultural collision between Chinese and western countries.