当代新道家之我见

建立当代新道家学说,是时代的需要。我们要站在时代的立场,发扬历史上道家思想的优良传统,重构道家思想体系,以适应时代的要求。当代新道家的宗旨是实现“三回归”,即“回归自然”(倡导人与自然的和谐)、“回归朴实”(倡导自然朴实的人性,反对人性的扭曲 )、“回归和谐”(倡导自然、社会和人的精神的和谐)。要实现这一目的,首先要发扬老子的“道法自然”的思想,人的思想和行为要遵循道、理(客观规律)办事,而人的本质在于追求自由创造,自由是对必然规律的认识与实践,同时一个人的自由的获得,又在于对现实生活的超越,没有超越就不能实现精神的自由,成为自由自在的人。

On the Contemporary Neo-Taoism

It is quite necessary in the contemporary times to establish the Neo-Taoism. To accomplish this we need develop the traditional Taoism and reconstruct the Taoist ideological system from the standpoint of contemporary times. The tenets of contemporary Neo-Taoism are the realization of “Three Returns”: return to nature, return to simplicity and return to harmony (so as to develop simple, natural human nature and accomplish harmony between man and nature). In order to realize this we should cling to Lao Zi’s thought Taw models itself after Nature, that is, to behave according to objective laws. On the other hand, it is human nature to pursue free creation. As the cognition and practice of the inexorable laws, man's freedom also lies in the transcendence of reality.