梅光迪、胡适留美期间关于中国文化的讨论——以儒学、孔教和文学革命为中心

留学初期,梅光迪以创造中国新文化为己任,发掘儒学的现代价值,对其不适于现代的部分则加以批判,积极探索复兴儒学和融合中西文化的途径。这一主张得到了胡适的积极呼应。在孔教运动中,梅光迪赞同建立孔教,而胡适则对简单恢复孔教的做法提出批评,二人还就基督教、西方现代文明等问题进行了讨论。1915年后,胡适以实验主义为指针,力倡文学革命,梅光迪对其积极支持,同时也以新人文主义观念不断予以批评,尤其是在诗歌问题上。胡适、梅光迪关于文学革命的主张尽管不同,但却相反相成,相生相长。胡适倡导的文学革命主张在近代中国文化史、思想史上产生了划时代的影响;而梅光迪对其的批评也具有深刻的思想内涵,对近代中国的文化变革颇具启示意义。

Discussions between Mei Guangdi and Hu Shi about Chinese Culture during their Studies in the USA: Focusing on Confucianism, Confucian Religion and the Literary Revolution

Early in his studies in the USA,Mei Guangdi took cultivating a new Chinese culture as his mission.He tried to uncover a modern relevance for Confucianism,critiqued the parts that were not suitable for modern society,and actively explored ways to rejuvenate Confucianism and fuse Chinese and Western cultures.Hu Shi responded positively to this agenda.During the Confucian Movement,Mei Guangdi was in favor of establishing a Confucian religion,but Hu Shi criticized taking a simple restoration of Confucianism as ...