陈力川:您如何看待孔子对中国文化的贡献?汪德迈:在我看来,孔子做的最重要的事是改革他所处的时代——公元前六世纪的中国政治制度。在这一点上,孔子扮演了一个名副其实的创始者的角色。孔子整理了国家的典籍,并对其进行了系统的修订(这一工作由他的弟子们最终完成),他编纂的《五经》后来成为中国文化的基石。在这之前,中国只有官方使用的文字,用以记载保存官方的档案。中国文字是在此前五百年的殷商时代由占卜师创造的,用来记录占卜的结果。正是在这个整理国家典籍的过程中(他坚称这样做是出于某种天命~②),孔子前无古人地创造了个人而非官方 Chen Li Chuan: What do you think of Confucius’s contribution to Chinese culture? Wang Demai: In my opinion, the most important thing Confucius did is to reform his era - the Chinese political system of the 6th century BC. At this point, Confucius played the role of a veritable founder. Confucius compiled the books of the nation and systematically revised it (this work was eventually completed by his disciples). The “Five Classics” that he compiled later became the cornerstone of Chinese culture. Until then, only official Chinese language was used to record the preservation of official files. Chinese characters were created by diviners during the Shang dynasty of the previous five hundred years to record the result of divination. It is in this process of sorting out the books of the nation (which he insisted on for some destiny ~ ②) that Confucius created an individual rather than an official