“述而不作”与文化复兴——从文化的非对象反思性谈中国哲学研究方式

“Elaboration without Innovation”and Chinese Culture Revival--On the Research Methods of Chinese Philosophy from thePerspective of Non-Object Reflection of Culture

中国哲学研究中存在着比较明显的偏于史料梳理与解释原则外在化倾向,不利于中国思想文化重建要求,这种研究模式实是与对文化理解的对象化和对文化主体性的误解有关。孔子面对礼坏乐崩文化重建的历史任务,强调自己的工作性质是“述而不作”,对文化的非对象反思性特点有很清醒的把握,表达着思想文化重建中学术研究的方法论自觉,力避离开对文化传统之“述”的抽象造作。因此,这就要求着学者自身对经典个性化的价值认同,由此达成共通性的理论视域与思想世界,影响到学术研究、文艺创作、社会教化等人文建设领域各方面,逐渐形成具有文化主体意识的密切联系良性互动的文化界共同体,切实影响民众社会生活精神安顿,则中华文化的复兴庶几可待。

In the study of Chinese philosophy,there is an obvious tendency of sorting out historical materials and externalizing explanatory principles,which is not conducive to the requirements of the reconstruction of Chinese culture. This kind of research mode is actually related to the objectification of cultural understanding and the misunderstanding of cultural subjectivity. Facing the historical task of cultural reconstruction,Confucius stressed that the nature of his work was"elaboration without innovation"( 述而不作),and he had a clear grasp of the non-objective reflection characteristics of culture,expressing the methodological consciousness of academic research in cultural reconstruction without abstract creation of cultural tradition. Therefore,this requires scholars to identify with the values of the classics in a personalized way,so as to achieve a common theoretical vision and thinking world,affecting the academic research,literary and artistic creation and social education in the field of humanistic construction and gradually forming a cultural community with close connection and benign interaction with cultural subject consciousness,which effectively affect the spiritual settlement of people’s social life,so that the revival of Chinese culture can be expected.