千年文明论赞

Discussion and Praise of Thousands- Years Civilization

公元后第二个千年的开端，正是中国北宋开国不久，呈现出一派文明昌盛的景象。在此后的１０００年中，火药、印刷术、指南针广泛运用，典籍文化、医药文化、建筑文化和文学艺术各领风骚。思想文化领域，理学盛行一时，心学别开生面，永康、永嘉，讲求实际。文人画、书法、古典诗词和京剧，成为精神文化的四大名牌。千年文明体现出强大的民族亲和力，讲究事物的整体性和有机性，其原创性与包容性紧密相联。在原创中包容，在包容中创新，是中国文化的性格。１６世纪，中国国力下滑，清代乾隆后期，与世隔绝。后半期的二三百年间，危机重重，终至陷入任人宰割的境地。在新千年开始之时，考察和反思公元后第二个千年中华民族的生存状态、命运遭际和文明收获，深化和重释"以古为镜，可以见兴替"的历史意识，从中可以找出重振大国雄风的精神动力和历史经验。

In the beginning of the second millennium A. D., it was the time that not long after the Bei Song Dynasty was founded and China reached a high civilization and prosperity. Within the millennium since then, powder, printing and compass were widely used, each of books and records culture, medicine culture, building culture and literature and arts had its own excellence. In the field of ideology and culture, Neo- Confucianism prevailed. Xin theory opened another studying area, practice was seen to be important in Yongkang and Yongjia. Paintings, calligraphy, classical poetry and Beijing Opera were four nameplates of Chinese culture. The thousands -years civilization reflected strong national affinity, the entirety and organism of objects caused attention, and the originality and containment of the culture were closely related. Chinese culture showed apparent character of originality helping containment and originality was generated in the containment. But in 16th century, China’s power de-graded, and in the late part of Qianlong period in Qing Dynasty, China was isolated from the rest of the world. In the 2- 3 hundred years since then, China was challenged by many crises and eventually sank into the condition of being oppressed and exploited by others. In the beginning of the new millennium, inspecting and rethinking Chinese living condition, fate circumstance and civilization achievements in the 2nd millennium A. D., deepening and reexplaining the historical awareness of "seeing rising and falling by mirroring the history", we can find spiritual impetus and historical experience for rejuvenating China.