从中国文化看福山的局限

Fukuyama's Limitations from the Perspective of Chinese Culture

人类历史并不是沿着一元直线发展,而是多元平行,各有其文化特点和动力。人类历史不可能像福山、黑格尔所想象的终结在基督教文化之上。宋明理学早就提出了中国理想的人间秩序,这是在唤起社会精英"不忍人之心"的基础上,构建的以民为本的德治原则。德治原则会吸收西方民主制度的长处,经历困境和不断创新,中国文化会出现柳暗花明的春天。

Human history does not develop linearly but it exhibits pluralism and parallelism,each with its own cultural traits and dynamism.Human history cannot end with Christian culture as was imagined by Hegel and Fukuyama.Song-Ming Neo-Confucianism has long since proposed the ideal Chinese social order,that is,to arouse 'human compassion' in the social elites,on the basis of which people-oriented principles of virtuous rule are to be constructed.Through constant innovation and absorption of the merits of Western democracy,Chinese culture will have a bright future.