Analects Of Modern China

The Analects initially was considered as a Confucian biographical works of Confucius and his disciples. Since the Han Dynasty, with improving to the status of Confucius,the Analects also got increasingly attention of the people. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Analects status was further upgrading. The imperial examination system prevailed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties,the Analects was the text of an irreplaceable classic of Confucianism.Since the modern times, with the abolition of imperial examination system and the Classics system's disintegration, the Analects gradually lost to maintain its classic status of political and cultural foundation, the thought embodied in the Analects was questioned by people. However, in the modern Chinese modernity construction history,the Analects is still playing a role in the academic, ideological, political and other fields. Researching the Analects'influence to the modern China in the field of action is an important part of the Analects'researching history, but also is the important academic fields to exploring the classic and modern China's relationship, contemporary to the different schools and different scholars's ideas to the text location and ideological interpretation of the Analects,are embodied in detail the Analects'influence to the contemporary Chinese society.The Wusi new-culture school opposed Confucianism's dominant position,the Analects was also considered the traditional culture factor which leading China's backward. In the text positioning problem of the Analects, the Wusi new-culture school's biggest contribution is their reduction type of text localization pull the Analects down from the altar, and let it has equal status like other scholastic works, also let the Analects getting rid of the subordinate status from the Chunqiu and Zhouyi, that making the Analects have a hitherto unknown independent status, and making the Analects'researching open up a new situation. In ideological interpretation, The Wusi new-culture school's core viewpoint is:the doctrine of Confucius and Mencius is unsuited to modern life, The quitations such as "three years without change father Tao" in the Analects, also be misfit to the modern conception. The Wusi new-culture school's analytical and critical research to the Analects, further break down the Analects divine status, and providing the cognitive spaces to the modernity concept,such as democracy, science.The modern new confucianism believed that the Analects is the main spiritual resources which helping the Chinese recognized cultural identity, it should be vigorously promoted instead of destroyed. In the text positioning problem of the Analects, The modern new Confucianism regarded the Analects as the Bible"reflecting the Confucius thoughts.In their new system of Confucianism, they often regarded the Analects as the ailerons and proof of Zhouyi or Chunqiu as reflected in Confucius ideological source. In the ideological interpretation, they not only made controversial rationalizing explanation to the Confucius quotations in the Analects, but also believed that the modernity concepts already contained in the Analects.Since the twentieth century20years, The point of the Wusi new-culture school become the academic mainstream, and the modern new confucianism uphold the concept had been marginalized. Since1949,the scholars who upholding materialism historical view analysis and critique the Analects by the class struggle philosophy. In twentieth Century80years, The view of the Wusi new-culture school and its Enlightenment philosophy were become as the object criticted by the scholars. Since the twentieth century90years, the concept of the modern new Confucianism was uphold by the scholars and some politicians. At present, in the action of the post modern trend of thought,culture consumption and media intervention, the view of the text location and ideological interpretation to the Analects are presenting a plurality, under the background of the revival of Confucianism and the upsurging of ancient Chinese culture, the mainland new confucianism school is sentinnng to the confucianism and traditional culture tied together, in order to consolidate their mainstream discourse durinng the process of the reconstruction of traditional culture.Through analyzing different views on the text location and ideological interpretation of the Analects putting forward by the present contemporary different schools and different scholars, the author thinks, in the context of modernity, interpretation of classical texts firstly should take into full consideration to the interpreter's political stance on explaining activities, significance and influence. Secondly, should respect the interpretation object's independence, at the same time to construct the corresponding historical perspective, not simply the classical interpretation of classics. Finally, must establish an effective communication mechanism, in order to facilitating the communication and circulation between the different points of views. On this basis, by the method of historical study and the philology,to build the modern classic hermeneutics,using this method analysising the text value of the classic, traditional culture and its humanity meaning, and let it become a knowledge which can help people riching humanity and their wisdom,and make people gradually formed the understanding of differences, respect for diverse, tolerant, with great concentration to create a good cultural mentality.In addition, under the background of the upsurging of ancient Chinese culture, the ideas conveied by the Analects and other Confucian classics should not become an excuse of the Chinese self heterogeneous, not to revive the" upsurging of ancient Chinese culture ", make it become a protection umbrella to the conservative, backward ethnic culture. Regardless of emphasizing the national heterogeneity factor, should not be obliterated cultural consciousness of seeking the significance, because any great civilizations are the result of cultural exchanges, closed and conservative are not the outlets; both in the field of the humanities or at the political level, Chinese modernity construction should follow the" suit one's measures to local conditions"," advancing with the times" is a more important consideration and principle.