“中体西用”与中国早期现代化的启动

Chinese Culture as System and Western Culture as Means, the Start of China’s Earlier Period Modernization

“中体西用”思想是中西文化融合过程中的折衷模式。它是历史的产物,有其自身的历史局限性,但它是历史的选择,它改变了人们的思维方式,从而在经济、政治、教育等方面对中国早期现代化的启动起到了积极的影响。

The thought of Chinese Culture as System and Western Culture as Means was a compromised mode during the course of combining Chinese culture with western culture. It was historical outcome, which had its own historical limitation. But it was the choice of history , which also changed people’s thinking method, so it had a positive influence on the start of China’s earlier period modernization in economy, politics and education etc.