Where does cultural confidence come from? ——Reading Yuan Xingpei's "Li Zhi Ji"

Where does cultural confidence come from? First of all, we must understand our own culture and have warmth and respect for Chinese history, which will be helpful to Mr. Yuan Xingpei's "Li Ji Ji".

"Large-scale study" is Yuan Xingpei's definition of the structure and theme of the book. The author believes that Chinese cultural history has two coordinates of time and region, "The development of Chinese culture is not a one-line evolution, but a three-dimensional advancement." Focusing on the development and changes of literature itself, Yuan Xingpei, in the general introduction to the History of Chinese Literature, divides the history of Chinese literature into the ancient period (pre-Qin and Han Dynasties, before the 3rd century AD), the Middle Ages (Wei Jin to the middle Ming Dynasty, the 3rd century to the 16th century AD), the recent period (from the middle of the Ming Dynasty to the "May Fourth" Movement, the 16th century to the beginning of the 20th century), and within the three ancient periods, it is subdivided into seven sections.

Yuan Xingpei believes that Chinese culture has the following characteristics: First, it contains a strong humanistic spirit, a culture centered on people, a culture with people as the main body, and a culture with human morality as the core; the second is the culture of Shangqun, the culture of noble people being lowly, the people before themselves, and the dedication to the music group; the third is the culture of Shanghe, the unity of heaven and man, and the unity of people and things; the fourth is to pay attention to the overall thinking, the heavens and the earth as a whole, and things are interconnected and influence each other; the fifth is the culture of self-improvement and openness and compatibility.

For the ideological connotation of Chinese civilization, Yuan Xingpei summarized it as the concept of yin and yang, the humanistic spirit, the admiration of virtue and the group, the realm of neutralization, and the overall thinking. Examining the development of the history of Chinese civilization, the author believes: "Chinese civilization is pluralistic, but the evolution process of Chinese civilization is not the extinction of multiple civilizations, but the integration of each other. "The history of the development of Chinese civilization is the history of national integration, and the splendid civilization of the Chinese nation is the common creation of 56 nationalities." Pluralism and complementarity are a major feature of Chinese culture and a solid foundation for the further development and prosperity of Chinese culture. ”

In the article "Historical Enlightenment of Chinese Civilization", the author summarizes the following revelations: First, choose peace and harmony; second, choose tolerance; third, choose enlightenment; fourth, choose innovation; and fifth, choose openness.

In the face of the menacing attack of economic globalization, the author believes that what comes at the same time as economic globalization is neither a single global civilization nor a clash of civilizations, but the autonomy of civilizations, gifts, and the prosperity of diverse civilizations. Economic globalization and cultural pluralism are the choice of human survival mode in the 21st century and a sign of human civilization evolution to a higher stage.

Back to the beginning of this article to the issue of cultural self-confidence. Where does confidence come from? Of course, it is to feel the moving and advanced nature of their own culture. Chinese culture has a long history, the content is too rich, the outline of the summary and guidance, so that the Chinese people know its general outline, and then according to the interest to understand a certain aspect, it is a reasonable way. In this regard, the exquisite summary of scholars is indispensable, and Mr. Yuan Xingpei's research and induction of Chinese culture has a height, depth and temperature, which is worth learning from.

This book is a collection of Mr. Yuan Xingpei's articles on literature and culture studies, the whole book does not have a systematic structure, some of the content and ideas will be repeated, because each article is independent and the theme is clear, so the whole book does not feel wordy.