朱竞:袁先生,能说说您对中国20世纪的印象是怎样的吗?袁进:从某种意义上,20世纪对中国来说,几乎可以说是一个文化的世纪。在中国历史上,尽管一直有着“以文治国”的传统,但是像20世纪这样强调文化力量的实在是从未有过。当时的人们认为,中国处在亘古未有之奇变之中,国家的兴亡,取决于文化,对文化的推重,成为世纪的特色。早在世纪初,“文学 Zhu Jing: Mr. Yuan, what can you say about your impression of China in the 20th century? Yuan Jin: In a sense, the 20th century can be almost a century of culture for China. In Chinese history, despite the tradition of ”administering the country with the rule of man,“ there has never been such an emphasis on cultural forces in the 20th century. At that time, people believed that China was in the midst of an unprecedented change. The rise and fall of a country depends on its culture and its emphasis on culture and has become a characteristic of the century. As early as the turn of the century, ”literature