中国传统文化与伊斯兰文明

Traditional Chinese Culture and Islamic Civilization

中国传统文化是一种入世与出世相结合的文化:儒家入世,其基本特征是拯救;道家出世,其基本特征是逍遥。出世与入世,构成了中国人的精神世界;拯救与逍遥,则凝结成中国传统文化的基本特征。作为宗教文明的伊斯兰文化,其基本属性应该是出世的,然其独特处在于,从产生之日起,它便是一种世俗化的体系。这种集世俗化与非世俗化于一体的伊斯兰文化,自传入中国后,就与中国传统文化天然同构,并发展成为中国传统文化的一部分。在这个意义上,中国的伊斯兰文化是"中国的"文化,而非"世界的"文化。

Traditional Chinese culture is the combination of entry into and withdrawal from the world. Entry means salvation in Confucianism and transcendental bliss in Taoism. This entry and withdrawal constitute the spiritual world of the Chinese;salvation and transcendental bliss embody the fundamental characteristics of traditional Chinese culture. Islamic culture as a religious civilization should be marked by transcendental bliss;however, since it came into being, it is a secular system. As a cultural system integrating secularization and non-secularization, Islamic culture is naturally homogeneous with traditional Chinese culture and has become part of traditional Chinese culture since it was introduced into China. In this sense, Chinese Islamic culture has become "Chinese" culture rather than the "world"s" culture.