民主促进会办的《民主》杂志,正在进行一场关于古代中国文化究竟有没有民主思想、民主传统的讨论。这本来是极平常的学术问题,不知怎的,如今却成为相当敏感的问题。当我读到这本杂志的时候,刚好一位朋友写信来,谈他今年2月间去檀香山参加一次国际文化研讨会的观感,除了说起近年西方又提起多年被冷落的黑格尔以外,特别向我传递一个信息:美国某大学一位华裔教授不久前作过一次演讲,最近 The “Democracy” magazine run by the Democratic Progressive Society is conducting a discussion on whether there is any democratic thought or democratic tradition in ancient Chinese culture. This is a very common academic problem. Somehow it has become quite a sensitive issue. When I read this magazine, just a friend wrote about his impression of going to Honolulu to attend an international cultural seminar in February this year. Apart from talking about the Hegel, who has been neglected for years in recent years in the West, , Especially to send a message to me: a professor at a university in the United States made a speech not long ago, recently