净空:这股思潮的出现有它很复杂的原因。最基本的要素呢,我认为,是受西方文化的冲击,清朝末年的衰落。一般读书人看到洋枪洋炮把中国打得那么凄惨,认为中国的传统文化不能适应现代社会,一定要学习西方,不少人还提出“全盘西化”的口号。另外,留学的中国学者又顾及自身的利益,留 Headroom: The emergence of this trend has its very complicated causes. The most basic element of it, I think, is the impact of Western culture, the decline of the last years of the Qing Dynasty. The average scholar has seen the miserable experience of playing artillery in China. He believes that China’s traditional culture can not adapt to the modern society and must learn from the West. Many people have also put forward the slogan of “total Westernization.” In addition, Chinese scholars studying abroad take into account their own interests and stay