寻找传统的现代价值——五四文化保守主义者整理旧文化的思路

五四时期东方文化派和学衡派等文化保守主义者,对中国文化的生存和延续之道进行了积极的探索.他们整理旧文化思路是寻找传统的现代价值,与新文化的时代氛围密切相连.主要表现为,他们用"周于用世"、印证参稽西方学说的准绳来对旧文化进行取舍,用"六经注我"的风格来创造性地诠释旧文化.其中"印证参稽西方学说"和"创造性诠释"又可细分为多种形式.他们整理旧文化的思路和方法蕴涵着保存和发展民族文化的苦心,虽有时对上述方法运用不当,但对后来的新儒家有一定启发性,而且对当今文化转型中如何处理旧文化也有一定参考价值.

Pursuing Modern Values from Traditions

In the May 4 period, cultural conservatives like the Oriental culture School made active explorations of the ways of the survival and continuance of Chinese culture. Their guiding principle is to seek modern value from old traditions, closely related to the era of the new culture. Their purpose was to preserve and develop national culture. Their explorations offered some enlightenment to neo-Confucianism and provide some reference value in coping with old culture in a transitional period.