书院文化的当代价值新论

书院文化是我国传统文化的瑰宝。求真,求善,求美是书院文化的基本内涵,其精髓是正心明德。正心在求真问学、不以一己之是非为是非;明德在发扬自身光明之德,践履匡济天下之任。唯有找准书院文化的精髓并将其用于当下,才能为除时代之弊解高等教育之困提供真正借鉴。由正心而明德的书院养成教育理念是书院文化之于当代教育的最大价值。

A New View of the Contemporary Values about Classical Academy Culture

The classical academy culture is treasured in Chinese traditional culture, which is to pursue truth, virtue and beauty with the essence of rectifying the mind and evincing the virtue. The mind rectification lies in seeking truth and pursuing knowledge and taking nothing for granted. The virtue evincing requires one to develop his own bright morality and take the responsibility for the world. It is believed that the appropriate application of the essence of Academy Culture would provide reference to diminishing maladies of the time and solving problems of the higher education. It is the holistic cultivation idea to rectify mind and evince virtue that the classical academy culture impart to the contemporary education.