在当代,康有为这个话题之所以得到学术界的持续关注,不仅因为他作为思想人物处在中国“古今之变”的转折点上,而且因为他所言、所行和所思——所表征的中国面对世界的困惑并没有因为一百多年的时间绵延而得到自然的澄清。换言之,康有为的重要性,也许不是因为其提供的答案,而是因为其提出的问题。康有为所提出的问题概而言之就是“古今中西”问题。从中国的视角来看这一问题, In the modern era, Kang Youwei’s sustained academic interest in this topic has not only been characterized by his turning point at the “old and new” in China but also by what he said, what he did and what he thought China’s confusion in the face of the world has not been clarified by nature for more than a hundred years. In other words, Kang Youwei’s importance may not be due to the answer it offers, but rather to the question it raises. The questions raised by Kang Youwei in general are “the ancient and modern China and the West” issue. From the perspective of China, this issue,