宗法制与中国人的传统思维

中国的早期,在国家产生的过程中,地缘和血缘的结合形成了一种新型的社会组织形式——宗法制。它使中国人的思维没有像西方人一样向外投注于自然物的研究,而是更多的关注于人类自身;使中国人具有了“尚古”、“注重经典和古典规范”的静态的保守型思维特点;使中国学术史倾向为崇尚经典和注重历史。

Patriarchal Clan System and Traditional Chinese Thinking

Patriarchal clan system came into being during the state formation process as a social organization that combines ties of blood and ties of locality. This system directed the Chinese toward a thinking that is more concerned with humanity itself than with the natural world around him as it is with the Western. The static and conservative characteristics of this thinking as shown in the worship of the ancient, the strong stress on classics and ancient institutions are closely related with this system. This partly explains why the classics and history have important place in the traditional Chinese scholarship.