读《元西域人华化考》之思考

Reflections on Reading “The Sinicization of Western Intellectuals in Yuan Dynasty”

《元西域人华化考》是陈垣先生著于20世纪20年代初、中国经历了新文化运动、正值有人主张全盘西化之时。因此,作者通过大量史料考证元代西域人因爱慕汉文化而华化,借此举试图唤醒国人,增强文化自信,来达到振兴中华文化的目的。文章主要从多元宗教的中国化、文学艺术的融会贯通、习俗礼仪的兼容并蓄三个层面进行论述,展示了中国知识分子对弘扬中国文化的思考和努力,也表达了陈垣先生的本土民族文化观。

The Sinicization of Western Intellectuals in the Yuan Dynasty was written by ChenYuan inthe early of the 20th century during which China was in a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society and somepeople advocated westernization. Accordingly, the author cited a large number of historical data to prove thatwestern people in the Western Regions the Yuan Dynasty loved Chinese culture and attempted to wake up theChinese to enhance their cultural self-confidence for achieving the Chinese cultural revitalization. His bookshows the Chinese intellectuals’thinking and efforts to carry forward the Chinese culture and also expressesChenYuan’ s viewpoint of native culture.