耶儒视角下的未来中国:问题的提出与展示——评山东大学的“中国向何处去:耶儒视角”论坛

The Future of China from the Perspective of Christianity and Confucianism: A Reflection on the Shandong University Forum of “Whither China?”

2016年9月29日,由山东大学世界文明对话研究中心主办的“中国向何处去:耶儒视角”论坛在山东大学成功召开.谢文郁教授主持了这个论坛.围绕“中国向何处去”这一时代性核心议题,代表基督教研究与儒学研究学术界的前沿学者何光沪和黄玉顺两位教授,对此进行了深入的对话.我们知道,黄玉顺教授建构了“生活儒学”思想体系;他反对“儒家原教旨主义”的倾向,也反对人为地把儒学塑造成一种宗教信仰的倾向.

On September 29, 2016, Professors HUANG Yushun and HE Guanghu attended the forum "Whither China?"held at Shandong University and addressed the topic from Confucian and Christian perspectives respectively. In HUANG’s opinion, the notion of modernization represents a consensus among Chinese politicians, intellectuals, and ordinary citizens, and this common foundation should not be threatened at any cost. HUANG emphasizes that modernization was not imposed on China by the West but on the contrary, has been a trend within Chinese society since the Song dynasty. HUANG endeavors to promote a modern transformation of Confucianism by advocating a Confucianization of life, with the goal of appealing to a modernization in form of nationality. In HUANG’s vision of a modernized Chinese society, Christianity will have its own place. Meanwhile, Professor HE outlined the modernization of western societies by analyzing the interactions between religion and civilization. He pointed out that the nature of modernization is an appeal to rationality. It is therefore necessary that Chinese should return to the origin of Chinese ancient spiritual pursuits, examine their inner religiosity, and reform Chinese religions to develop a more open as well as more self confident civilization. This review explores how Chinese scholars are positive about the dialogue between Christianity and Confucianism, and how that dialogue between different perspectives will itself expose the blind spots of each and help consensus-building.