中国文化是人文主义的。但这是一种缺乏近代西方那种科学与民主精神的人文主义。早就有人说过中国文化是人文主义的。去年我也说了一下,作了一些粗略论证,引起了一些同志的反对。反对的意见中,有部分原因出于对“人文主义”的不同理解。“人文主义”是一个外来语,是十九世纪西欧历史学家创造来指称文艺复兴时 Chinese culture is humanistic. But this is a humanism lacking the scientific and democratic spirit of the modern West. Some people have long said that Chinese culture is humanistic. Last year I also said something and made a few rough arguments, arousing opposition from some comrades. Some of the objections to this objection stem from a different understanding of “humanism.” “Humanism ” is a loanword that was created by Western scholars of the nineteenth century to denounce the Renaissance