“文化自信”的理论探讨

A Theoretical Discussion of Cultural Confidence

“文化自信”论,是习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想的理论亮点,是党的十八大以来的重大理论创新。本文在习近平“文化自信”理论指引下,从对“文化”的内涵入手,具体阐述了文化自信的内涵与本质,指出在中国文化传统中,所谓“文化”就是“人文化成”,就是“文德教化”。所谓“文化自信”就是对本民族人文精神传统和道义力量的信仰与践行。文化自信的本质就是道德自信。同时,本文论述了中华文明对人类文明的主要贡献:一是贡献了“以‘仁’为根本之道,以‘义、礼、智、信、忠、廉、和、敬’为常用大德的核心价值观念体系”,二是贡献了“以人为本,以德为体,以和为贵”的道德人文主义精神。在此认识基础上,作者从超越民族悲情意识、大力支持儒学与国学的复兴等四个方面论述了当代构建文化自信的政策举措,并批评和澄清了围绕文化自信论述的若干错误认识与模糊观念。

This paper, guided by Xi Jinping’s theory of cultural confidence, gives specific illustrations of the connotation and nature of cultual confidence based on the definition of culture itself. In the tradition of China, wenhua(culture) refers to human cultivation, that is, cultivation in literacy and morality. Cultural confidence refers to the belief in and practice of humanity and morality on a national level. In essence, it is confidence in morality itself. This paper also gives an account of the contributions of Chinese civilization to the world. First, Chinese civilization offers the model of a core value system with benevolence as the root and righteousness, propriety, wisdom, faithfulness, loyalty, integrity, harmony, and reverence as its commonly practised virtues. Second, it has contributed a moral humanism that is oriented for the people and values harmony, with morality as its key substance. In addition, the author discusses policies for constructing cultural confidence, and criticizes or clarifies the misunderstandings and obscure ideas about it from four aspects, including transcending national pathos consciousness and supporting the rejuvenation of Confucianism and Guoxue(studies of traditional Chinese culture).