“不中不西,亦中亦西”——蒋梦麟中西文化观述评

Neither Chinese nor Western,but either Chinese or Western——A review on Jiang Meng-lin'soul of Chinese and Western culture

近代以来 ,在中国文化遭受严重危机的情况下 ,身受中西两种文化滋养的蒋梦麟主张重新确立中国传统文化的价值 ,用中国文化来整合西洋文化 ,同时以“西方的尺度”来重新审视和阐发中国文化以建立起适应现代中国需要的中西合璧式的新文化。蒋梦麟的中西文化观 ,体现了一个爱国重教、精思力践的现代知识分子对中国现代化道路的执着探索。

In modern times,when Chinese culture had been suffered the heavy cultural crisis,Jiang Meng-lin,who had been influenced deeply by both Chinese and Western culture,advocated to establish the value of traditional culture of China again and rectify the Western culture with Chinese one.Meanwhile,he used the Western standard to re-estimate and elaborate Chinese culture to set up a new culture integrating Chinese and Western elements which can meet the requirement of a modern China.Jiang meng-lin's viewpoint reflected the sustained aspiration of a patriotic scholar for a better way toward Chinese modernization.