在对中国文化进行历史梳理的基础上,蔡仁厚认为,中国文化之历史发展呈现出“大开大合”的特征。在他看来,中国文化在晚明以前已经有两度的“大开大合”:第一度是从先秦到两汉,第二度是从魏晋到宋明。自晚明至今,中国文化发展进入第三度的“大开大合”之 On the basis of a historical review of Chinese culture, Cai Renhou believes that the historical development of Chinese culture presents the characteristic of “opening up”. In his opinion, Chinese culture had twice as many degrees before the late Ming Dynasty: the first was from the Qin Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, the second was from the Wei and Jin Dynasties to the Song and Ming Dynasties. Since late Ming till now, the development of Chinese culture has entered the third degree of “grand opening”