Confucianism has existed in name only in the twentieth century.

Introduction: Confucianism developed to an extreme in the Han Dynasty, and then it merged with different ideas in every dynasty. Until the twentieth century, Confucianism was in an awkward position. Why do you say that?

The traditional culture of China, represented by Confucianism, has been in a very embarrassing situation in the stormy 2th century. Under the impact of a wave of anti-traditional trends, Confucianism has become a wandering soul? Since the Qing government abolished the imperial examination system in 195, Confucianism, as the main official ideology in most of China's history, lost its unified position in ancient society, especially in the minds of intellectuals. Moreover, in the face of national crisis, Confucianism became the chief culprit of poverty, weakness and passive beating in China's modern society, and became the first object in the fierce anti-tradition and self-existence movement. In this way, Confucianism gradually withdrew from the field of intellectual thought and the sight of people's daily ethics; Even reduced to just one of the departments of university colleges? As sinologist Joseph Richmond Levenson said, Confucian? The fate of modernization? Is degraded into? History museum? On display in? Cultural relics? .

When we look back again at the event that lasted for nearly two years from February 1923 to the end of 1924? Debate between science and metaphysics? The situation, we see, in the new trend of thought of posing as science? Under the criticism of Marxism and positivism, Confucianism is almost at a loss. Especially when? Scientist? When the reasons for China's difficulties at that time were attributed to the consequences of Confucianism, what happened? Metaphysical ghost? Under the top hat, Confucianism in this? Academic? I was exhausted and unable to move in the debate over the name. This is the new culture movement? Down with Kongjia Store? Since then, the intelligentsia has made the most thorough liquidation of Confucianism in academic theory.

Here, we can deeply feel that Confucianism has begun to lose its voice in the face of the national survival crisis. However, this is not the end. In the continuous anti-traditional movement, the greater embarrassment of Confucian culture is that it has been eliminated on a large scale in the civil grassroots social structure.

We still remember that in our parents' childhood, based on a racial group? Old? Yes? Resentment? ，? Break the old four? The movement was launched vigorously throughout the country. Various cultural relics formed by Confucian China in the long process of cultural accumulation have been destroyed in large quantities, and various grass-roots social organizations of Confucianism have been disintegrated very quickly, and even the ethical feelings that Confucianism has always attached importance to have been abandoned? Including the most precious affection between people.

However, it cannot be ignored that the persistent anti-Confucianism movement has not crushed all Confucian intellectuals, and there is still a continuous line of modern Confucianism inheritance in our culture. After the founding of New China, this line of spiritual inheritance was far away from home and went into exile overseas, becoming a real wandering soul. The modern neo-Confucianism, which has now reached a large scale, is the most remarkable representative of the unification of Confucian spirit in modern society. However, in my opinion, it is Qian Mu, a famous historian, who can best embody the characteristics of wandering souls like Confucianism.

evocative? Mission?

in an article commemorating Naishi, Yu Yingshi said that Mr. Qian Mu evokes spirits for his motherland all his life? .

In 1926, on the recommendation of Gu Jiegang, Qian Mu published a chronicle of Liu Xiangxin and his son. This paper convincingly proves that the pre-Qin Confucian classics are not forged by solid textual research. This unknown scholar used this to correct the excessive flooding since Kang Youwei's "New Learning and Pseudo-Classics Examination"? Suspicion of antiquity? Tendency, thus turning around the study of medieval history for a long time? There is no basis for this? The serious consequences. Qian Mu, a rural teacher with no education and no teacher, began to be known by mainstream intellectuals.

in turbulent times, Qian mu has been experiencing constantly in his life? Various cultures build spiritual events: new culture movement; What we have already mentioned? Debate between science and metaphysics? ; Wang Guowei's cultural double suicide; War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (it is a spiritual event of cultural construction in terms of its national spirit) and so on. In the deep heart of a person who has deep feelings for Confucianism and is enthusiastic about the fate of Confucianism, every spiritual event of cultural construction is a severe soul tear. After such a series of soul tears, Mr. Qian Mu dived into the vast sea of ancient books and explored diligently? The true spirit of old Confucianism? !

don't think that if you get into the pile of old paper, you won't really care, but you will be demarcated in a certain piece? Garden? Bingo!

During his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, faced with the deep national crisis, Qian Mu wrote two volumes of Outline of National History in order to find historical evidence of China's immortality. The impassioned and generous remarks in the preface are still touching to read today, and some paragraphs of them can be recited by many national volunteers? In the long overseas exile, faced with the root loss of China's traditional culture, Qian Mu, although only a scholar, consciously shouldered it? Evocation for the old country? The mission of. With a passion for Confucianism, Qian Mu founded the New Asia Academy in Hong Kong. At the beginning of the academy, the conditions were very difficult? The school building is very simple, there is no library in the school, long tables fill the school offices, and the number of students enrolled is not much, only more than 5 people (say more than 1 people). With the perseverance of traditional Confucian scholars, firm confidence in the spirit of Confucianism and deep feelings of China culture, Qian Mu and a few people with the same spirit silently stood firm in a barren corner.

and it is this barren corner that has developed into? The true spirit of old Confucianism? A sacred place. Under the impact of the mighty wave of modernization, Xinya Academy has become the spiritual homeland of modern Confucianism wandering around the world.

This is not a cultural immigrant mentality! In the face of Qian Mu's hard work all his life? Evocation? Mission, in the face of his firm belief in Confucianism, Song Ru-nian's creed here rings in our ears again:

? Make a heart for heaven and earth, make a life for the people, carry forward the past and learn from the past, and open peace for all generations. ?