“第二个结合”与中华民族现代文明建构

“The Second Combination”and the Construction of Modern Chinese Civilization

习近平总书记在文化传承发展座谈会上的讲话中指出:“我们的社会主义为什么不一样?为什么能够生机勃勃、充满活力?关键就在于中国特色。中国特色的关键就在于‘两个结合’。”“第二个结合”让马克思主义成为中国的,中华优秀传统文化成为现代的,不仅拓展了中国特色社会主义道路的文化根基,更带来了又一次的思想解放,让我们能够在更广阔的文化空间中,充分运用中华优秀传统文化的宝贵资源,探索面向未来的理论和制度创新。为贯彻落实习近平总书记的讲话精神,推动学界深入阐释中华文化传承发展的理论和现实问题,7月7日,《探索与争鸣》编辑部邀请人文社科相关专家学者,举办“‘第二个结合’与中华民族现代文明建构”圆桌论坛,尝试以跨学科方式从多领域聚焦“第二个结合”的深刻理论命意、内在逻辑、方法意义和历史效应,探索“第二个结合”视野下中华民族现代文明的建构路径。

The“second combination”not only expands the cultural foundation of the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics,but also brings about another ideological liberation,allowing us to fully utilize the precious resources of excellent traditional Chinese culture in a broader cultural space,and explore theoretical and institutional innovation for the future.In order to promote the academic community's in-depth interpretation of the theoretical and practical issues related to the inheritance and development of Chinese culture,on July 7th,we invited experts and scholars from humanities and social sciences to hold a roundtable forum on the topic of“The Second Combination”and the Construction of Modern Chinese Civilization,attempting to focus on the profound theoretical meaning,internal logic,methodological significance,and historical effects of the“second combination”from multiple fields in an interdisciplinary manner.Professor Huang Lizhi pointed out that the logical judgment of the“second combination”is based on the materialist view of history.When analyzing and answering questions related to culture and civilization,we must also use the materialist view of history as the perspective and method.To construct the modern civilization of the Chinese nation,it is even more important to recognize that only modern Marxism can promote the excellent traditional Chinese culture to become a historical prerequisite for modern culture.Professor Gu Hongliang elaborated on the five methodological principles contained in the“second combination”,pointing out that these methodological principles not only help us better grasp the theoretical,practical,and historical logic of the“combination”,but also have reference significance for other countries in the world to establish their traditional development of Marxism and inherit their respective traditional cultures.Professor Ye Shuxian traced the origin of traditional Chinese jade culture and related cultural concepts such as“warmth”and“moderation”,and analyzed the roots and veins of the“peace”gene in Chinese culture from the perspective of cultural text theory in the grand history.Professor Wang Xianzhao pointed out that the practical path of future oriented traditional cultural innovation should place practicality in a prominent position,highlighting the people's character in practicality.While carrying out connotation innovation,it is necessary to actively promote form innovation.Professor Xu Zhaoshou started with the problems faced by the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional Chinese culture,and proposed to transform the traditional Chinese worldview and methodology into a modern system under the guidance of the“second combination”direction,and reflect on modern civilization and mutually verify the path of Chinese and Western civilization.Professor Zhan Long pointed out that the Chinese civilization endows the national governance civilization with a special framework system,and Chinese path to modernization endows the modern civilization of the Chinese nation with a specific construction system.The integration of the two systems is a creative coupling of history and reality,providing a modern force for innovation and transformation for national governance civilization.Professor Ma Jianbiao started from the historical origin of the“second combination”and pointed out that the New Culture Movement opened the path of modern transformation of Chinese civilization.The First World War inspired a group of advanced intellectuals carrying genes of Huxiang culture,such as Mao Zedong and Cai Hesen,to choose Marxism and initiate the historical process of the“second combination”。