近代以来,在西方武力征服和文化渗透的压力下,中国的社会形态和文化精神发生了巨大的转型,民族文化精神的“断裂”成为转型所付出的沉重代价。这种“断裂”体现为既要在进行“器物”层面现代化的同时引进与此相适应的西方现代文化精神,又要守护悠久历史所形塑的民族文化精神。更为重要的是,这两种文化精神在近代之初是相互对立、难以融通的,两者之间构成了另一处“断裂”。使两者达成融合与沟通,这是近代以来中国文化界的最大课题。如果说“融合”是淡化文化本位,将两位文化混合在一起而建立一种新文化的话,那么“沟通”则是在承认文化断裂的前提下,以本民族的文化精神为本位,在与相异文化不断对话的过程中打破自身文化的封闭性,使其具有更大的开放性,从而最终使民族文化精神由断裂走向和谐,以适应时代变革的需要。宗白华先生的美学思考便一以贯之地体现了“沟通”的态度。本期刊发的胡继华《守护古典艺术的余韵——宗白华“气韵生动说”简论》一文,通过分析宗白华先生阐释“气韵生动”所依附的时代背景和问题意识,这种强调“沟通”的文化态度进行了抉发,显示出宗先生在中国美学现代转型中的重要作用。在今天,文化中的“断裂”变得更为复杂,弥合文化中的种种断裂而使之趋向和谐,仍是当今文化建设最重要的课题。 Since the modern times, under the pressure of Western conquest and infiltration of culture, great changes have taken place in the social forms and cultural spheres in China. The “rupture” of the national cultural spirit has become a heavy price to be paid for the transformation. This kind of “fracture” manifests as that it is necessary to introduce the modern western cultural spirit compatible with the modernization of “utensils” and protect the national cultural spirit shaped by the long history. More importantly, these two cultures were mutually antagonistic and difficult to integrate at the beginning of the modern era, forming another “break” between the two. So that the two reached a fusion and communication, which is the biggest issue in the modern Chinese culture. If “integration” is to desalinate the cultural standard and to create a new culture by mixing the two cultures together, then “communication” is based on the cultural spirit of the nation under the precondition of recognizing the cultural break, In the process of continuous dialogue with different cultures, breaking the confinement of one’s own culture and making it more open has finally led to the national culture from breaking to harmony to meet the needs of the changing of the times. Mr. Zong Baihua’s aesthetic thinking consistently reflects the “communication” attitude. In this issue of Hu Jihua, “Guarding the Feelings of Classical Art - Zong Baihua” vividly speaking, “a short article, by analyzing Zong Baihua’s interpretation of the” vivid “based on the background of the times and the issue of consciousness, this emphasis The cultural attitude of ”communication“ has been greatly improved, showing the important role of Mr. Zong in the modern transformation of Chinese aesthetics. Today, the ”break" in culture has become more complicated. It is still the most important issue in the current cultural construction to bridge the various breaks in the culture and bring it into harmony.