How to Return to Tradition

Currently, China is at a critical juncture of social transformation, and when Chinese civilization is once again facing "changes not seen in 3,000 years," the ideological proposition of "rebuilding traditions" has been given a new significance in contemporary China.

But the problem is that contemporary Chinese thought is in a state of pluralism and division. "Although "tradition" has been set up as a banner by different schools of thought, it has become an empty word as various schools of thought have attached themselves to it.

These are the conditions for the rise of dregs under the cloak of traditional culture, which seems to be all-encompassing, but in fact does not know what it refers to.

In this context, the first thing that Wuji Academy needs to consider is how to interpret "tradition" in its theoretical construction of Yiology around the "Chinese side". Practitioners of the "Chinese side" have their own unique understanding of this. In the view of Li Ding, the executive director of Wuji Academy, the biggest problem of the current "revival of Chinese studies" lies in the narrow field of vision of the operators, the revival of Chinese studies is often just a humanistic embellishment, and as the spirit of Chinese culture, the essence of Chinese tradition, the creativity of its system of thinking is often not given enough attention. Dai Zhikang has a more insightful view of this, he believes that since modern times, influenced by the Western linear view of time, the Chinese way of thinking has undergone a major shift from "holographic thinking" to "flat thinking". To some extent, this has led to a series of problems such as intergenerational ethical crisis and deterioration of social governance in modern Chinese society. In view of this, Dai Zhikang points out that the rejuvenation of Chinese civilization requires modern Chinese to abandon Western "flat thinking" and return to the "holographic" mode of thinking, which is the "Chinese way". The first step is to make sure that you have a good idea of what you want to do.