中国的现代化进程,始终伴随着时断时续关于读经的高吟低唱。每到社会矛盾丛结,难于索解的时候,读经便成为一些人反复鼓吹的济世良方。百余年间,几经反复,但读经始终不曾再兴盛起来,而中国的社会问题也从来不曾靠读经得到解决。读经之无用,明矣。新一轮的读经呼声,起自近年,先是有社会贤达提倡,然后有读经学校的创办,近来又有报纸讨论,而且主张小学生也要读“四书五经”。理由呢,一叫承继文化传统;二叫增加文化底蕴;三叫提高道德水准;四叫训练运用语言的能 The process of China’s modernization is accompanied by the intermittent interruption of the singing of the study scriptures. Each social contradictions get together, it is difficult to solve the time, reading the Bible has become a repeated advocacy of the world. Over the past hundred years, after repeated attempts, the study of the Bible never flourished again, and the social problems in China have never been solved by reading. Reading is useless, clear carry on. A new round of study of the Bible has started in recent years. First, there are community leaders to promote it. Then there is the establishment of a reading school. Recently there have been newspaper discussions and the primary school students also have to read the Four Books and Five Classics. The reason why, one by one to inherit the cultural traditions; two calls to increase cultural heritage; three calls to raise moral standards; four calls training language