Chapter 72 The direction of cultural construction

Mr. Yang Lianggong, a contemporary scholar, was invited to the teacher group of the Chinese Studies Research Association of the 70-year youth activity in the 70th summer. enlightenment. In the middle of this speech, Duke Liang explained the use of time in terms of humanism and extreme pragmatism.Yinyan: The humanist education that came with the Renaissance in Europe in the fifteenth century was originally aimed at studying ancient literature and art and emphasizing cultural cultivation.Later, it changed from humanism to literaryism education, and then to Ciceroism education.Ciceroists believe that the purpose of education is simply to learn the literature of Cicero, the master of Latin literature.Contemplating Han Zao and wandering about chapters make education a classical literary education in a narrow sense.By the sixteenth century, a reaction was aroused, and realism education was produced.Emphasize knowledge and seek practicality.Further to the development of scientific research and technology.In the past 60 to 70 years, the development of science has reached its peak.From the atomic age to the space age.However, the high-level development of this technology can make the country progress, the society prosper, and individuals have rich enjoyment.But when technology dominates culture, traditional national culture and morality will tend to decline.Because the technologist regards technical knowledge as the last value, and does not pay attention to the good and evil of the end.This kind of education only gives young people technical knowledge, but cannot make them have a high degree of wisdom and kindness. As a result, it affects the morality of today's society and the whole world is in turmoil.Therefore, the philosopher Russell once said: The power of science must be used wisely.To enrich human life, science and technology must not overwhelm the various purposes it serves.However, modern humanists such as Sha Jian, Fleistel, Weill, etc., are constantly calling for the concept of man to be the center of science, to make technology human, and to further shape a kind of technological humanism.This is all to make up for the bias, so as to be in line with the golden mean.

This passage in Duke Liang's speech is to explain the current worldview, and the argument is extremely profound.We read it over and over again, and think deeply about it, and feel that our current economic society, industrial development and technology-dominated culture phenomenon are also included in it?This is also an alternation point of the rise and fall of our culture that deserves the most vigilance!The passage quoted above is especially hoped for those who care about cultural construction, think carefully about it. Although the topic of Liang Gong’s lecture has nothing to do with cultural construction, and does not specifically mention our current cultural construction issues, it is worthwhile to use it as a reference for the future direction of cultural construction. How to make technology humanized with the concept of human beings as the center of science, and further shape a kind of technological humanism to remedy bias, this is the subject that everyone should work on together.This is not only in line with the golden mean, but also deeply in line with the needs of our current society.