China News Service, Wuyishan, March 23 (Reporter Long Min, Shi Yuanfeng, Wen Longjie, Xiao Yudi, Xu Guanguan) "Ask how clear the canal is? It has a source of running water." This is what Zhu Xi, a great scholar of Neo-Confucianism, said in his "Reflections on Reading Books" more than 800 years ago. "Poetry in ".
The first Wuyi Forum with the theme of "'Two Combinations': Five Thousand Years of Chinese Civilization and Socialism with Chinese Characteristics" opened on March 22 in Zhuxi Garden, Nanping, Fujian. Nearly a hundred experts and scholars from China, the United States, Spain and other countries gathered together. We gather together to ask questions about civilization and the times, and activate the "source of living water" for mutual learning among global civilizations.
The first Wuyi Forum with the theme of "'Two Combinations': Five Thousand Years of Chinese Civilization and Socialism with Chinese Characteristics" was held on March 22 in Zhuxi Garden, Nanping, Fujian. Nearly a hundred experts and scholars from China, the United States, Spain and other countries gathered together. We gather together to ask questions about civilization and the times, and inject "source of living water" into mutual learning among global civilizations. Photo by China News Service reporter Zhang Bin
Inheritance: Continuing the Chinese cultural context and singing endlessly
Under Yinping Peak, Zhu Xi completed the construction of his most important ideological system in Zhu Xi Garden. Zhu Xi spent more than 40 of his 70 years in Wuyi Mountain. Here he studied the theoretical knowledge of the sages, founded New Confucianism, and completed the revision of the "Collected Commentary on Chapters and Sentences of the Four Books". Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism laid the ideological foundation for the official philosophy of the ruling class of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
Because Zhu Xi and many other scholars gathered here to discuss Taoism and lectures, Wuyi Mountain once became the most important cultural center in southern China. Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism thoughts flowed from the winding Jiuqu River and merged into the great river of East Asian civilization, exerting a long-lasting social influence on the Confucian cultural circle.
Traditional culture is the treasure of Chinese culture and an important carrier of exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations. Chen Lai, dean of the Institute of Chinese Studies at Tsinghua University, pointed out in a video speech that Wuyishan City has a rich history and culture. Historically, Chong'an and Jianyang were the birthplaces of Zhu Xi's culture, and the Neo-Confucian culture represented by Zhu Xi has played an important role in the history and culture of China over the past 1,000 years. Occupying an important position, we must push forward the inheritance and development of Zhu Xi's culture.
Zhang Liwen, honorary first-class professor at the School of Philosophy of Renmin University of China, said that China’s five thousand-year civilization has lasted endlessly and has its own unique cultural identity and spiritual code. "Continuous self-improvement and great virtue", "the country is based on the people, and the country is also established for the people", "the path of the great road, the world is for the common good", etc. all embody the profound philosophy and outstanding wisdom of China's excellent traditional culture. By building a broad platform for exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, research on Zhu Xi’s culture and Confucianism will surely move to the forefront of the world’s academic arena, and China’s excellent traditional culture will also be vigorous and radiant.
Thousands of years later, in the Zhu Xi Garden, which has been passed down for nearly a thousand years, scholars from all over the world gather here to learn from the past and enrich the present, gather strength through literature, and strive to continue the Chinese cultural context and promote the high-quality development of excellent traditional culture.
Zhu Jieren, a tenured professor at the Institute of Ancient Books at East China Normal University, believes that in the long historical process of 5,000 years, the Chinese have created the only splendid civilization in the world that has continued continuously and developed in the form of a country to this day. The best inheritance of history is to create new history, and the greatest rationality for human civilization is to create a new civilization for mankind. This is the unshirkable historical mission of our generation of Chinese people.
Enlightenment: Gathering knowledge to shoulder the cultural mission
Cultural imprints buried deep in history are gradually being unearthed. In the past ten years, more than 3,000 academies have been rebuilt or newly built across the country, and the number is increasing day by day and is in the ascendant. Zhu Qing, consultant to the Chinese Zhu Xi Society and visiting professor at the Institute of Chinese Studies at Xiamen University, pointed out that the revival of academies must adhere to ideological and moral education as the soul, so that "inheriting tradition" and "transformation and innovation" go hand in hand.
“Ancient Chinese civilization is a civilization that continues without interruption, a civilization that keeps pace with the times and constantly renews itself, a civilization that can tolerate the mutual integration of other civilizations, and a civilization that always adheres to subjectivity. ." Zhu Jieren said.
Chen Xiangjian, former Party Secretary and Vice President of the Fujian Academy of Social Sciences, said that China’s excellent traditional culture has a long history, is extensive and profound, is the crystallization of the wisdom of Chinese civilization, is a profound foundation for the development and growth of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and is an important carrier of the sinicization process of Marxism. It is necessary to return to the roots and create new ones while strengthening cultural self-confidence, strengthen excavation, screening and analysis while not forgetting the origins, master scientific methods through integration, endow scientific theories with distinctive Chinese characteristics, and promote contemporary Marxism to continuously sublimate into Chinese culture and Chinese spirit. The essence of the times.
Professor Kong Xinfeng, Dean of the School of Marxism at Minzu University of China, pointed out that the "two combinations" are the "only way" to open up and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics based on the profound foundation of Chinese civilization for more than 5,000 years, and are also the "biggest magic weapon" for the success of the Communist Party of China. . Carry out in-depth research on the "second combination" and comprehensively explore the theoretical advantages of the "second combination" in terms of thinking methods, ideological resources and theoretical heights, so as to provide effective and legal wisdom for the construction of the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. Know resources.
Chen Weiping, professor of the Department of Philosophy at East China Normal University, said in his speech that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era and written a splendid chapter in the new form of human civilization. Looking back at the past, we can realize that this is the continuation of China’s modernization exploration process. The historical summary of past explorations has promoted and expanded the depth and breadth of answering and solving modernization problems.
The Wuyi Institute of Chinese Civilization was unveiled in Wuyishan City on the 22nd. It integrates academic research, interpretation, and transformation. It is committed to gathering high-quality academic resources at home and abroad, deeply exploring Nanping's traditional cultural resources, and striving to create "one forum, one forum, and one classroom" ” and other academic brands of joint training, joint lectures and joint research. In the future, the institute will comprehensively study the development of Chinese civilization, refine the contemporary value of the core concepts of China's excellent traditional culture, and explain the relationship between China's five thousand years of civilization and socialism with Chinese characteristics.
On March 22, the first Wuyi Forum opened in Zhuxi Garden in Nanping, Fujian, attracting more than a hundred experts and scholars from China, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Austria, Spain, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia and other countries. The picture shows Renmin University of China, Nanping Municipal People's Government, and Wuyi University jointly signing a cooperation agreement. Photo by China News Network reporter Wang Dongming
Integration: Building a bridge for mutual learning among global civilizations
In today's world, hot-button issues occur frequently, geopolitical conflicts intensify, unilateral bullying is rampant, and the existing international order faces challenges. Promoting exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, building consensus, and promoting common development have attracted widespread attention from Chinese and foreign scholars at this Wuyi Forum.
Javier Garcia, a professor at the School of Journalism at Renmin University of China, believes that equal exchanges and mutual learning between different civilizations will provide powerful spiritual guidance for mankind to solve the problems of the times and achieve common development.
Nim Cui Hang, associate professor at the Center for Chinese Studies at Hanoi National University in Vietnam and dean of the College of Oriental Studies at Chengdu University in Hanoi, pointed out that the world today is in the midst of great changes and Western societies are facing the limitations of the individual-centered model and should pay more attention to absorbing wisdom from Eastern values. Eastern and Western cultures each have their own advantages, strengths and limitations. They should strengthen exchanges and mutual learning, learn from each other, learn from each other's strengths, build a universal value system for human society, and provide theoretical support for the common development and progress of mankind.
Ali Qadri, a professor at the Department of Systems Science at the National University of Singapore, believes that it is beneficial to learn from some behaviors and practices of Chinese civilization to deal with and solve some global problems such as the climate crisis facing the world today.
Some scholars try to find new ideas for solving global problems from the inclusiveness of Chinese civilization. Tamara Prosik, a researcher at the School of Philosophy, History and International Studies at Monash University in Australia, believes that this is different from the West. Western hegemonic thought adheres to an essentialized and non-dialectical stance. In this stance, , any resistance to Western economic, political, cultural and other models is regarded as irreconcilable opposition. China, on the other hand, starts from the standpoint of understanding, allowing diversity, and seeking common ground while reserving differences.
Taking the successful exploration of Chinese-style modernization as an example, Lebanese scholar Adhan Said said that since the turn of the century, the global capitalist system has fallen into decline. However, over the past decade or so, all mankind has faced development challenges. In response, China has launched a number of global cooperation projects and initiatives, including the Belt and Road Initiative, the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, and the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind. , different from the Western modernization model, these initiatives help other developing countries learn from China’s modernization experience.
"Today, China is becoming one of the 'guardians' of global economic health and leading a trend in which each country can formulate its own development strategy in a complex and unpredictable international reality." State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Elias Jabr, professor of the Department of Economic Sciences, said that at the Wuyi Forum, if we delve into the Chinese civilization that has lasted for more than 5,000 years, we believe we will be able to find answers to global challenges.
The Danshan Mountains and Clear Waters are a place where knowledge can be gained through studying things. Nearly a hundred Chinese and foreign masters and scholars have inquired about Wuyi. Connecting the past and the present through inheritance and interpretation, integrating China and foreign countries through dialogue and mutual learning, the "source of living water" from China's excellent traditional culture is injecting full vitality into the mutual learning of global civilizations, and together we will promote the Chinese spirit, spread Chinese values to the world, A vast world that unites China’s strength. (over)