Analyzes Liang Shu-ming's Idea Of "Three Cultural Directions"

Liang shu-ming is known as "the last Confucian" as one of the 20th century one of the outstanding representatives of cultural conservatism,in our country by the new Confucian school as a mountain man.In his book "The culture of the East and the West and its philosophy",put forward the idea of "three cultural directions" is not only his whole thought system of the basic framework,and liang shu-ming established the important position in Chinese modern history.Liang shu-ming is based on "to" print three cultural comparison between Chinese and western,launched a "three cultural directions",said the "forward" to the western culture,"in the" themselves to reconcile with the Chinese culture and Indian culture intention to "backward".In liang shu-ming,this three way appears to be three levels,is a certain sequence of progressive evolution,pointed out that the world culture would be the revival of Chinese culture in the future.This article from the liang shuming "three cultural directions" era background and personal thoughts origin,the main content of cultural theory,liang shu-ming whether the plight of cultural theory,liang shu-ming Confucianism has practical significance for China's modernization four aspects were discussed.Although liang shu-ming put Chinese culture and other culture in the nationality of the same height comparison illustrates liang shu-ming,can say the Chinese culture to the world in a certain sense.But also cannot ignore his "three cultural directions" says there are many questions:three print directions of Chinese and western culture in the synchronic and diachronic contradiction;Three periods of world culture to reproduce the contradiction between and three cultural directions;The feasibility of the assimilation of western culture,Chinese culture problem,and describe the authenticity of the problem in western culture,etc.Based on liang shuming "three cultural directions" content analysis,explore its theoretical defects and practical defects existing in the theory itself,on the theory of three cultural directions of an objective evaluation;In liang shu-ming culture theory to the understanding and interpretation of Confucian culture,and analyses the Confucian moral idealism of what is a social goals.Through to the traditional Confucian moral idealism of historical analysis and its practical results abandon the rule of law and morality of the feasibility of founding the concept analysis to discuss whether liang shu-ming's theory of culture has practical value.Finally through to liang shu-ming thought in the traditional understanding of the definition of the word contains,to think there is a connection between tradition and modernization,the traditional is still has a guiding significance for the modernization.