儒学在现代世界的败落与凋零是人所共知的事实。但是,“儒门淡薄,收拾不住”的现代命运却不能完全遮蔽儒学所曾经拥有过的辉煌。正如日本东京大学岛田虔次教授和美国哈佛大学华裔学者杜维明教授等一再指出的,儒学在历史上不仅曾经是中华民族文化认同的基础,而且在一定的意义上也是东亚文明的体现。因此,作为既具有独异特质又具有悠久历史的人类文化主流传统之一, The decline and dying of Confucianism in the modern world is a well-known fact. However, the modern fate of “Confucianism is weak and can not be tidied up” can not completely obscure the glories Confucianism once possessed. As Professor Shimada Shimada of the University of Tokyo in Japan and Professor Tu Weiming, a Chinese scholar at Harvard University, have repeatedly pointed out, Confucianism has historically been not only the foundation of Chinese nationality’s cultural identity, but also, in a certain sense, the manifestation of East Asian civilization. Therefore, as one of the mainstream traditions of human culture that has both unique characteristics and long history,