《“天人合一”论》后记

The Concept of Spirit and Substance in Ancient Chinese Theory of “Nature-Man Unity”: On the Essence of Chinese and Western Culture and Their Comparison

西方是物性文化,重于物质之实体论,把"天—地—人"大系统,都一律视为物性之实体;中土是心性文化,重于心性之功能论,把"天—地—人"大系统,放在"天生之—地养之—人成之"的心性功能协合活动中,汇聚成一个充满生命力的"天人合一"的特有心性生命空间。若失去这个三相心性功能聚汇空间,中国全部文化将失去依托之底盘而自行散架。20世纪以来,西学东渐所造成的影响,使中国文化的论述失去了依托的底盘。

The western culture celebrates substance and believes in ontology. It considers the system of heaven-earth-man to be substantial. The Chinese culture celebrates spirit and believes in spiritual function. It places the system of heaven-earth-man within the harmony of the heaven creates, the earth nourishes, and man makes. The three functions produce a lively spiritualized world of nature-man unity. Without this tripartite functional space, the whole Chinese culture would collapse and fall into pieces. The introduction of the western culture into China since the 20 th century has been threatening the solid basis of the Chinese culture.