列文森的《儒教中国及其现代命运》以儒教在近代中国的命运来考察传统与现代的转换,不仅对中国现代化的蹒跚历程予以诠释,而且对知识分子为何从信仰儒教转向共产主义的原因作了解答。本文试图对该书的论点予以评论和阐发,并对传统在现代中国的命运进行了自己的思考。 Levernson’s Confucianism in China and Its Modern Destiny examines the transformation of tradition and modernity from the fate of Confucianism in modern China. It not only interprets the faltering process of China’s modernization, but also explains why the intellectuals switched from Confucianism to communism Made a reply. This article attempts to comment on the book’s arguments and elucidates its own thinking about the fate of tradition in modern China.