宋明理学与中华民族精神

宋明理学是中国古代社会后期别具特色和风格的哲学思维形态。它被统治阶级奉为官方哲学,长达六七百年之久,支配着我国经济、政治以及文化思想的发展。由于它构建了一套严谨的极具思辨性的理论体系,把先前儒家所提出的伦理纲常上升到宇宙本体论的高度,从而强化了爱国主义,反映了时代的共同价值取向,提升了中华民族对于崇高精神境界的追求,正是这些承担并体现了形成与发展中的中华民族精神,是锤炼和塑造当代中华民族精神的文化土壤。

On the Impact of Song-Ming Neo-Confucianism on the Spirit of Chinese Nation

Song-Ming Neo-Confucianism was a distinctive philosophical thinking mode in the later period of ancient China,which was regarded as the dominating philosophy by the ruling class as long as seven hundred years and dominated the development of the economy,politics,and cultural ideology in China.Since it constructed a set of rigorous and logical theory system rooted from the former Confucian theory,it strengthened the patriotism and reflected the common value orientation of the times,which promoted the Chinese nation to pursue lofty spirit.Actually,these aspects support and represent the spirits of the Chinese nation that have been in the state of forming and developing.Therefore,it is the cultural source of the contemporary spirit of China.