三层并进:儒家未来发展的新构想

Advancing in Three Levels:A New Conception on the Future Development of Confucianism

近十几年以来,针对儒家的未来命运,学界进行了积极的探索,提出了许多富有创造性的构想。然而,这些构想大多是针对当代新儒家某一方面的不足而提出的补偏救弊之法,少有对儒家未来命运的整体探索。有鉴于此,有必要在充分吸收以往相关优秀研究成果的基础上,进一步提出未来儒家发展需要三层并进的新构想,即儒家的未来发展必须在儒学、儒教、儒俗三个层面齐头并进。需要特别指出的是:儒教层面是儒家较为薄弱的环节,需要大力培育和积极发展;而政治层面过去是儒家的重中之重,但为了保持自身的独立性与自主性,儒家在今后必须与政治保持一定的距离。

For more than a decade,Chinese scholars have been carrying out positive exploration about the future of Confucianism,and putting forward many creative conceptions.However,most of the conceptions are only methods to remedy some"defects"of contemporary New Confucianism,with fewer holistic exploration about the future of Confucianism.On that account,this paper provides a new conception on the basis of relevant research achievements,that Confucianists should advance in three approaches of academics,religion,and custom.It should be specially mentioned that,as the relatively weak part of Confucianism,the religious level needs strong cultivation and positive development;and the political level used to be the top priority of Confucianism,while henceforward,Confucianism should keep a distance from the politics to maintain its own independence and autonomy.