上一个世纪之交,中西文化之间的比较比得中国士人信心大失,文化自卑感弥漫于中国的知识界,学人大多尊西崇新并且成为持续盛行在二十世纪主宰中国知识分子论说的主潮。一百年过去了,又是一个新的世纪之交到来了,中西文化之间的比较仍然热闹非凡,但与上一个世纪之交比得中国士人信心大失不同,似乎这一个新的世纪之交倒是比出了一点中国知识分子的文化自信,这从他们既积极地回归本土又积极地面向世界这一点上可以清晰地观察出来。而表现这一趋向与特点最为充分最为鲜明的文化 At the turn of the past century, the comparison between Chinese and Western cultures was greatly discredited and the cultural inferiority complex permeated the intellectuals in China. Most of the scholars respected and continued to prevail in the twentieth century, dominated by Chinese intellectuals On the main trend of talk. A hundred years have passed since the turn of the new century. The comparison between Chinese and Western cultures is still crowded. However, it is quite different from the confidence of Chinese scholars at the turn of the past century. It seems that this new century The reciprocal is a bit more culturally confident than that of Chinese intellectuals, which can be clearly seen from their active return to the homeland and their positive orientation to the world. The performance of this trend and most fully characterized the most distinctive culture