Draw great strength of rejuvenation from the source of Chinese civilization
2022-07-18
In the Neolithic age, the regional culture of "starry sky" and "double petaled flowers" based on farming, why did the moon and stars disappear in the end, and only Erlitou culture outshines others? What is civilization? What is the symbol of civilization? What is the relationship and difference between civilization and culture? How to define the source and flow of civilization? What is the relationship between civilization creation and development and human evolution and development? Is Chinese civilization "integrated" or "diversified"? What is the symbol of the formation of Chinese civilized society? What are the differences and connections between civilization and country? What is the relationship between the origin and formation of the early Chinese nation and the "Great Central Plains"? Around this time, a discussion on the traceability of civilization was held in the online Academy of CPPCC members. More than 50 committee members and experts have carried out more than 10 Online centralized discussions on these topics, with a total of more than 200000 words of exchange speeches. By tracing the origin of Chinese civilization, the research on the history of Chinese civilization has been deepened, and the cultural power to forge ahead in the new era has also been stimulated. The tradition of "great unification" is the fundamental guarantee for the "long-term and great" Chinese civilization In the long historical process, the Chinese nation, with its determination and will to strive for self-improvement, has gone through a development process different from that of other civilizations in the world. In this process, why does the Chinese civilization have a long history of energy, extensive and profound, and maintain good continuity and inclusiveness? The members believed that the "great unification" tradition of "six contract styles and one family from all over the world" is the fundamental guarantee for the "long-term development" of Chinese civilization. "Great unification" has become one of the key words of this discussion. "The concept of 'great unification' is not only a geographical concept, but also a cultural concept; it is not only a concept of regime, but also a concept of politics. Only when the regime is determined to be one, can there be the so-called 'China'. Only when civilization is unified, can there be the so-called 'Chinese civilization'." Li Yonggang, director of the Chinese traditional culture teaching and Research Office of the Chinese culture teaching and Research Department of the Central Academy of socialism, believes that it is precisely based on the tradition of "great unification" that China has formed an amazing super large-scale community in its long history. The Chinese people's strong feelings of family and country and the concept of heaven have become an important psychological basis for today's building a strong sense of community of the Chinese nation and promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. With a vast territory and diverse environment, China has been constantly communicating and integrating with each other. About 6000 years ago, it has officially formed a "one body" pattern, which is called "early Chinese cultural circle", and later generations have developed into "cultural China". According to Han Jianye, a professor in the Department of ancient literature and Humanities at the school of history of Renmin University of China, "cultural China" is an important foundation for "political China" to yearn for reunification when it is divided and maintain reunification when it is unified. Unlike the "city-state civilization" of Western Asia and Greece, and the Egyptian civilization with a high degree of cultural homogeneity, the Chinese civilization is essentially "one" and "unified" because of the "unitary" cosmology. Because of "multiple branches", "diversity" and the possibility of various development and changes, it not only continues the mainstream tradition for a long time, but also is open and inclusive, which is a super stable giant cultural structure. "This' unitary 'cosmology and' multi branch integration 'pattern are the fundamental way for the survival of Chinese civilization and the foundation for the great rejuvenation of Chinese civilization." Han Jianye said. Ye Xiaowen, deputy director of the culture, history and Study Committee of the CPPCC National Committee and deputy leader of the reading activities steering group, also agreed that "great unity" is a main line running through China's historical and political pattern and ideological culture, a cultural gene that maintains the great unity of the Chinese people, an internal driving force for building China, a large-scale civilized country, and an important link to maintain the consciousness of the Chinese national community. Culturally eclectic, economically interdependent, emotionally close to each other, and blood related to each other, have forged, maintained, and consolidated the basic pattern of "one yuan, diversity (or multiple branches) in one" of the Chinese nation. Ye Xiaowen believes that no matter how crisscrossed, displaced, and multi-source currents, they will eventually integrate into a unitary "Chinese nation", "holding the center of the" one yuan "and lengthening the radius of inclusive diversity (multilinearity), we can draw the largest concentric circle and forever consolidate the great unity of the Chinese people". Establish the discipline system, academic system and discourse system of civilization research with Chinese characteristics, Chinese style and Chinese style We should establish a discipline system, academic system and discourse system of civilization research with Chinese characteristics, Chinese style and Chinese style, so as to provide strong theoretical support for the practice of the new form of human civilization. During this discussion, more than 50 members and experts from the relevant fields of Paleontology and history, humanities and natural sciences answered major questions such as the basic picture of the origin, formation and development of Chinese civilization, the internal mechanism and the evolution path of civilization in various regions in a multidisciplinary, multi angle, multi-level and all-round way. How to use the latest technology of frontier disciplines such as biology, molecular biology, chemistry and physics to analyze China's ancient relics and expand our understanding of China's more than 5000 years of civilization? Zhang fuming, member of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese people's Republic of China and vice governor of the Shanxi Provincial People's government, believes that the source of civilization should be traced in combination with archaeological evidence and scientific analysis to reveal more in-depth the source, evolution and spatial diffusion mode of Chinese civilization from the aspects of settlement and settlement patterns, agricultural tools and farming methods, land use, calendar and solar terms, seed domestication, wildlife domestication and livestock breeding, Only in this way can it be more persuasive and internationally influential. Through the continuous efforts of several generations of scholars, the research results of major projects such as the source exploration project of Chinese civilization have further outlined and described the magnificent picture of the origin, formation and development of Chinese civilization with new scientific means, demonstrating China's million year human history, 10000 year cultural history and more than 5000 years of civilization history. Wang Wei, member of the academic department of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and director of the Department of history, introduced some of the research results of the source exploration project in the past 20 years. From the archaeological discoveries of Liangzhu, Taosi, Shimao and other sites, the project team condensed the criteria for entering a civilized society into three aspects, namely, production development, population growth and the emergence of cities; Social division of labor and social differentiation are intensifying, and classes appear; Power has been continuously strengthened, and kingship and state have emerged - Taking the emergence of the state as a sign of entering a civilized society. We should not only "explore the source", but also "observe the flow". Li Shoukui, a professor in the Chinese Department of the school of Humanities of Tsinghua University, pointed out that once the Chinese civilization was born, it has incomparably strong vitality. We attach importance to the cultural core of the Chinese civilization and the technical conditions for its spread. "The study of Chinese characters is a part of the study of Chinese civilization, and there is an urgent need to establish China's own discourse power and system for the study of Chinese characters". Draw the power of progress from the source of Chinese civilization More than 100 years ago, modern archaeology was the "first shovel" in the Yangshao village. The magnificent process of Chinese ancestors cutting through thorns and thorns on the vast land of China to the center of the stage of civilization was more and more clearly unfolded. Chinese civilization is an open system formed through continuous exchanges and mutual learning with other civilizations. From the spread of Buddhism to the East in history and the spread of Confucianism to Iran, to the spread of Western learning to the East in modern times, the new culture movement, Marxism and socialist thought introduced into China, and then to the all-round opening up since the reform and opening up, Chinese civilization has always been eclectic and enduring. Philosopher Feng Youlan once wrote in the inscription of the monument of southwest United University: "although the world's great powers are new, they are not ancient; Greece and Rome are ancient but not present. But our country is ancient and present, and it is also new and old. The so-called 'Zhou although the old state, its life is renewed' is also true." Li Yonggang explained that the so-called "ancient and modern, new and old", that is, the Chinese civilization has changed and changed, and the old and new continue. It is neither stagnation nor fracture, but the continuation of the subjectivity of its own civilization in the middle of change. From a starry sky to a bright moon and stars, "this change itself also reflects the deepening of exchanges and integration between early cultures around the world, and shows the inclusiveness and absorption of Chinese civilization". From trickling streams to confluence of rivers, civilizations in various regions have multiplied, interacted and moved forward hand in hand. Wang Zhenzhong, member of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, member of the academic department of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and deputy director of the Department of history, believes that our research on the spiritual characteristics and development patterns of the source stage of Chinese civilization is very useful for clarifying the profound cultural heritage and unique spiritual signs of the Chinese road, for drawing the power of cultural confidence from the source of civilization, and for contemporary cultural construction. The excellent traditional Chinese culture also provides fertile soil for deliberative democracy. Zhang Lianqi, member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee and vice president of the China taxation society, said that China's early civilization had a civilized form of the sages' governance and consultative democracy, which provided a fundamental discourse system for the current special consultative institutions to establish strategic thinking, dialectical thinking, innovative thinking, rule of law thinking and unity thinking, and for civilized competition and institutional competition. To make the world understand China, you must first understand yourself. Yang chaoming, member of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference and President of the Confucius Institute in China, said, "when talking about cultural self-confidence, we must start with cultural self-knowledge". Understanding the length of Chinese civilization is to understand the height and width of Chinese civilization, so that we can really understand the depth of Chinese civilization, lead the research of Chinese civilization in depth, and walk out of the blind age of skepticism. (outlook new era)
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