论饶宗颐的生命精神

饶宗颐是20世纪中国学术史上的杰出人物之一。人格独立,是饶宗颐生命精神的主旋律,贯穿着他一生的各个阶段。他这种独立人格,既体现在对政治功利的自觉超越,又体现在对流俗的自觉超拔,并藉此践履了其为学术而学术的纯正学术理想。与独立人格相联系,饶宗颐极具创造精神,追求崭新复绝的境界。其生命精神的养成,既有家学渊源、个性气质的因素,更在于他吸取了中西哲学的智慧和释道二藏的宗教精神,亦与香港的因缘有着紧密的关系。

The Life Spirit of Rao Zongyi

Rao Zongyi is one of the distinguished figures in the academic circle in the 20th century China. His independent personality runs throughout his life. This is reflected in not only his conscious transcendence of the utilitarianism of politics but also of the commonplace. His life goal is directed towards pure academic pursuit. On the other hand. Rao Zongyi is highly possessed of creativity, orientated towards a brand-new spiritual state. His cultivated spirit can be traced not only to his family tradition and his own personality trait but also to his absorption of the wisdom derived from both the Chinese and western philosophies and the religious spirits of Buddhism and Taosim as well as his relationship with Hong Kong.