政治统治需要正当性辩护,儒家思想在为传统中国政治统治的正当性辩护上起着根本作用,并塑造了传统政治伦理化的范式。但随着近代西方社会文化全面入侵,晚清中国在遭遇文化危机的同时也导致政治正当性危机的凸现,从而揭示了传统中国现代转化的艰难性。 Political legitimacy requires justification. Confucianism plays a fundamental role in defending the legitimacy of traditional Chinese political rule and has shaped the paradigm of traditional ethical politics. However, with the complete invasion of modern Western society and culture, late Qing China experienced a crisis of culture as well as a crisis of political legitimacy, revealing the difficulty of the transformation of traditional China.