批判与建构——价值观在近代中国的嬗变

Critique and Construction: Values Evolution in Modern China

近代中国价值观的变革,一方面表现为对传统的批判;另一方面表现为新价值观的建构。不过,此批判与建构经过了一个阶段性的过程。对此过程进行回顾,可以发现一些重要的启示:其一,中国近代价值观的确立是继发性的,而继发性说明"自由""平等""民权"等观念的普世意义。其二,中国近代价值观的变革与法国大革命前的思想一样,是一种启蒙性质的思潮。其三,中国近代的启蒙思潮是一种"救亡型启蒙",深深打上了"救亡图存"的时代烙印。

Modern Chinese values had undergone gradual changes in the critique on Chinese traditions and the construction of new values. Having reviewed this process,we find some important inspirations. Firstly,the establishment of modern Chinese values is secondary,which just indicates the universal significance of ＂freedom＂,＂equality＂and＂civil rights＂. Secondly, like that of the French Revolution,change of modern Chinese values is of an enlightening ideology. Thirdly, the modern Chinese thoughts are an enlightenment deeply stamped with＂saving the country from national subjugation＂.