中国哲学的目标与使命

The Goal and Mission of Chinese Philosophy

中国哲学作为中华文明的中坚思想,其目标是求道,不同于西方哲学仅仅满足于以思维与概念来把握真理。从轴心期开始,中国哲学就开启了中华原生文明发展道路的自觉进程,即将神圣文明与世俗文明打成一片并以世俗文明为中心的道路。宋儒面对全球性宗教化浪潮的挑战,升级了儒家神圣文明并改造了宗教神圣文明,然后以世俗文明为中心重新梳理了神圣文明与世俗文明的关系,从而实现了中华文明的整体升级,并扭转了人类文明的走向。近现代以来中华文明面临的挑战,是西方个体本位世俗文明实现了现代升级所致。中国正在走的是一条群体本位世俗文明的升级之路,它要求中国哲学以自己的方式充分打开世俗世界,包括打开自然物性世界和世俗人性世界,找到升级本土世俗文明的关键所在,完成相应的改造和升级工作,并重建世俗文明与神圣文明的关系。这条中国道路通向的目的地,必然是现代文明的新型态。

As the hard core thought of Chinese civilization,Chinese philosophy aims to seek the Dao,unlike Western philosophy which merely satisfies the grasp of truth with rational thinking and concepts.Since the beginning of the Axial Period,Chinese philosophy has been unlocking the self-conscious process of the evolution of primary Chinese civilization,by integrating sacred civilizations and secular civilizations as a whole and takes the secular civilization as the center.In response to the challenge raised by the global religious trend,the Song Dynasty scholars elevated the sacred civilization of Confucianism and transformed the sacred civilization of religion,and then reconfigured the relationship between sacred civilizations and secular civilizations by centering on the latter,thereby achieving the comprehensive upgrade of Chinese civilization and effectively reversing the trajectory of human civilization.The challenge that the Chinese civilization has faced in modern times are rooted by the modern upgrading of the Western individual-based secular civilization.China is taking a road of upgrading the group-based secular civilization,which requires Chinese philosophy to fully open up the secular world including nature and society with its own approach,find the key to enhance the local secular civilization,complete the corresponding transformation and upgrading,and reconstruct the interplay between the secular civilization and the sacred civilization.The destination of this Chinese road will lead to a new form of modern civilization.