学问来回于新旧之间

Knowledge Back and Forth between the Old and the New

新与旧,主要是时间概念。当与物相连时,才构成新物与旧物的实体;当与人相连时,才构成意义与价值,才构成历史。并非凡新皆好,亦非凡旧皆好。常态、思维、趋势等,并非新的就一定好。学问更是如此,学问历久弥新才是更有学术含量的,学问在批判与继承中发展。人们守旧、念旧、怀旧,是一种情怀。人之成其为人,就是因为有历史感,有历史担当。我们所需要的,是良性循环的富有活力的常态,是娴熟运用辩证法的思维,是繁荣发展的趋势。论辩证法,都得回到古中国和古希腊去寻找智慧,都得学习亚里士多德和黑格尔,学习他们古老的学问。大学也是古老的好,中国是北京大学、天津大学、上海交大好;美国是哈佛、耶鲁好,法国是巴黎大学好;英国是牛津、剑桥好。在大学,古老意味着文化的积淀与厚重。

The old and new, mainly are the concepts of time. When they are connected to the object, they constitute the new and old entities jointly; when they are connected to the people, they form the meaning and value, even the history. Not the new things are all good, and not the old things are all good too. For example, the normalcy, thinking, trends and so on, are not a new one must be good. On knowledge is even more so. Only through long time can knowledge become more academic, and knowledge is developed in the criticism and inheritance. The sense and responsibility of history make the human being a real one. We need the virtuous cycle of dynamic norm, being able to skillfully use dialectical thinking and the development trend of prosperity. For dialectics, we should go back to the ancient China and ancient Greece to seek wisdom, to learn from Aristotle and Hegel, and to learn their ancient knowledge. And for a university, the old is better than the new. For example, there are Peking University, Tianjin University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China; Harvard University and Yale University in the United States; in France; University of Oxford and University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. In a university, the old means that the accumulation and profundity of culture.