多学科视野中的儒文化

从历史学角度看,儒文化在不同时期有不同的形态。从宗教学角度看,儒文化通过教化追求价值理想,强调自我功夫,张扬人性和个性,而非信仰的皈依,因而对政治权威的约束力不比宗教。从科学角度看,儒文化包含学术,但把求知作为手段而非目的,因而不能使认识穿越人文直指事物。从政治学角度看,儒文化仅从统治者的立场思考权力,没能在政治主体问题上实现理念革命。儒文化塑造了中国传统文化,影响了其现代转型,延伸到中华现代文明,仍是中华文明复兴的价值资源。

Multi-discipline Analyses of Confucianism

Confucianism is rich of humanness.Historically,it had changed in social meanings.Comparing with religion,Confucianism enlightens its value by education,especially by personal cultivating,not by believing in God.So it has weaker constraint on political authority.Scientifically,Confucianism has a characteristic of learning,but to realize ideological goal,not to learn itself.Politically,Confucianism deals with political issues in stand of the rulers and had not brought about an idea revolution on issue of political subject.Confucianism had moulded the ancient Chinese civilization and influenced its modern transformation.The culture elements of Confucianism have elongated into modern Chinese civilization,and will still be cultural resources for its rejuvenation.