How to treat China traditional culture and western culture?

How to treat China traditional culture and western culture?

To realize the China of Marxist philosophy is inseparable from the existing cultural soil and conditions in China, and also from the environment and nutrition for the development of world civilization. In order to promote the great cause of China-ization of Marxist philosophy, we must critically inherit the traditional culture and foreign culture in China, take the essence and discard the dross, so as to promote the development of our national culture, scientific culture and popular culture.

China traditional culture is a relatively stable cultural form formed and developed by the Chinese nation in ancient China society, and it is the crystallization of Chinese wisdom. Its forms are varied, but the core system is thought, that is, an ideological system that embodies the subject consciousness of the Chinese nation, which is based on Confucianism and absorbs various ideas and foreign thoughts and cultures.

First, look at China from the height of the world and realize the promotion and transcendence of China's traditional culture. In other words, we should put China in the context of economic globalization and re-examine the traditional culture of China. If we stand at the height of the world and have a broad vision, we will not stand still and be at a loss because of the endless changes in the world, but calmly and dialectically analyze the excellent traditions and historical limitations of China's traditional culture. There must be a basic starting point to make a cultural choice that conforms to the historical trend and re-examine China's traditional culture. China's traditional culture adapts to the typical feudal system in China, and its precious spiritual wealth is in sharp contrast with the conservative traditional concept, which determines that it is necessary to make a dialectical analysis of China's traditional culture, which is the basic starting point. In order to develop China's traditional culture under the new historical conditions, we should treat the tradition from the height of the world. China's traditional culture can neither be completely denied nor fully revived, but can only be carried forward and surpassed. The so-called promotion mainly includes the following aspects: first, inheritance, that is, not cutting off history, but respecting history and national cultural traditions and fully embodying the historical inheritance relationship of the nation. The second is selectivity, that is, carrying forward is not a comprehensive revival, but must be selective, and feudal and decadent things cannot be popular in society. We can't let the excellent cultural traditions be lost. Third, it is time-oriented. Carrying forward is not to return to ancient times intact, but to apply the outstanding achievements of tradition to the new era and solve the problem of making the past serve the present. The so-called transcendence refers to transcendence on the basis of carrying forward. Transcendence includes the following aspects: first, innovation, not limited to traditional things, must innovate, develop and break through; Second, beyond. As a historical and cultural heritage, China's traditional culture contains both outstanding achievements and traditional negative influences, which not only affects the history of feudal society in China, but also has an impact on modern society. Only by systematically cleaning up the negative influence of tradition can we transcend the ancient circles and realize the leap of the times; The third is forward-looking, and the progress of culture depends on whether it is forward-looking. Foresight means looking forward to the future, connecting tradition, present and future, and facing the world and future on the basis of transcending tradition. It is a forward-looking embodiment to explain and expound the world problems related to the future of mankind from the perspective of cultural values, and the inheritance of China's traditional culture can glow this forward-looking consciousness. In a word, to carry forward transcendence as a whole thinking is to look at China from the height of the world.

Second, look at the world based on China's national conditions, learn from and integrate foreign progressive cultures, and actively participate in the process of world civilization. Culture is the common wealth of mankind, and the cultures of all nationalities in the world are developed and perfected by learning from each other and learning from each other's strengths, which is the law of cultural development. To learn from and integrate foreign progressive cultures is to make a choice of foreign things that is in line with China's characteristics based on China's basic national conditions. China is an ancient civilization. China has a long history. China is a country of culture and etiquette: beautiful Chinese characters with a history of nearly 4,000 years, ancient literature with a long history, brilliant literary performances, a sea of ancient books, colorful philosophical thoughts, a long and rich educational tradition, brilliant artistic achievements, rich experience in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery and water conservancy, outstanding and leading scientific and technological theories and inventions, exquisite architectural art, rich and exquisite medical and health knowledge and skills, and cherishing life's health preservation and sports traditions. Surprise military tactics, colorful religious culture, management experience of rejuvenating the country and loving the people based on these cultural and scientific philosophies, moral principles of benevolence, righteousness, propriety and righteousness, and moral cultivation of Qi Xian? Our traditional culture is rich in content, rich in connotation and profound, which is a valuable spiritual wealth of our nation. Inheriting and carrying forward the outstanding cultural traditions and the core of national culture-humanistic spirit and national outstanding cultural heritage is an important task in the construction of socialist spiritual civilization.

Comrade Mao Zedong once said to American journalist Si Nuo, "I have read The Analects of Confucius for six years." 1938, 10 year 10 month in Yan' an, he specifically told the whole party, "From Confucius to Sun Yat-sen, we should sum up and inherit this precious legacy." In 2008, 75 Nobel Prize winners issued a declaration in Paris. We must go back 2500 years to learn the wisdom of Confucius. "It is foreseeable that China's wisdom will and is exerting great influence in the process of human modernization. The core of Confucian culture-ethical spirit, social ethics, natural view of heaven and human cultivation-is highly respected by eastern countries. The Analects of Confucius is called the "Bible" of orientals and the "Bible" of Japanese business circles. The Analects of Confucius was written by Shibusawa Eiichi, the father of Japanese modern industry. Advocating the theory of moral and economic integration has become a must-read for entrepreneurs. Since the Meiji Restoration, Wang Yangming's Neo-Confucianism has always been regarded as the source and motive force of the Japanese spirit and the economic take-off of the four little dragons in Asia, which has influenced the thoughts of politicians and entrepreneurs from generation to generation in the East. Even the popular reading "Cai Gentan" has been used for reference by Japan as a business classic. Moreover, China's traditional medicine and military tactics have greatly influenced the world. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has become an important part of world medicine, and Japanese and Korean TCM occupies the main share of the world market. Military academies in many countries in the world have to offer the course "The Art of War". As for the "four great inventions", many ancient scientific and technological inventions have long been taken over and carried forward by foreigners. What a pity! Foreigners still admire China's traditional culture so much and are keen on "making foreign things serve China", but our Chinese descendants have not properly inherited this precious heritage! Looking at the present, nothing is impossible to learn from the past. We are opposed to completely denying traditional culture, darkening it and denouncing it as decadent and outdated radical behavior. However, we do not advocate copying all the time. The correct attitude is to inherit it critically. After all, because the heavy traditional culture is accumulated in the long slavery and feudal society, it will naturally be branded with some ruling class consciousness and infiltrated with some exploiting class thoughts. In the process of understanding and absorbing inheritance, we must follow the principle of "absorbing its democratic essence and eliminating its feudal dross". For example, Confucianism advocates loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, three cardinal guides and five permanents, three obedience and four virtues, and so on. Today, we must implement the principle of "taking, using, opening, choosing and having".