钱穆“中国文化最优论”评析

钱穆是20世纪中国文化史上的重要人物,是对中国传统文化加以创造性重建的国学大师。钱穆在中西文化比较研究的基础上,从文化的发生论维度、文化的时空维度、文化的个性维度、文化的包容性维度、文化的生命力维度、史学维度等论证了中国文化优越于西方文化,得出了“中国文化最优论”的结论。在当前的“国学热潮”中,重拾国学大师钱穆的精神财富无疑是必要的。钱穆的这些思想有其合理性和积极意义,但也有其历史局限性。

Appraisal of Qian Mu''''s view of Chinese cultural superiority

Qian Mu was an outstanding historian of China in the 20th century.He was a master of Chinese studies that exerted positive influence on Chinese traditional culture.On the basis of the comparison bwtween Chinese culture and other cultures,he came to the conclusion that Chinese culture was superior to others in the acpects of cultural occurrence,time and space of cultural continuity and expansion,cultrural characters,cultrural assimilation,cultrural live-force,the science of history and so on.This article primarily comments upon Qian Mu's thoughts of Chinese cultural superiority.