摘要：西方文化通过影视作品、学术思潮等纷至沓来，早已见惯不怪。这是传统中国走向世界、走向未来、走向现代所必需经历的一个过程。在这个过程中，中国文化是应该也可以有所作为的，而不是束手无策、任由西方文化自由驰骋。但事实上，我们除了在曾经一段时间里通过影视作品向世界展示过

西方文化通过影视作品、学术思潮等纷至沓来，早已见惯不怪。这是传统中国走向世界、走向未来、走向现代所必需经历的一个过程。在这个过程中，中国文化是应该也可以有所作为的，而不是束手无策、任由西方文化自由驰骋。但事实上，我们除了在曾经一段时间里通过影视作品向世界展示过落后、封建、愚昧甚至变态的“过去的中国”外，似乎在如何应对上并没有什么神来之笔。近年来在世界遍地开花的孔子学院，“也是为了回应学习汉语的热潮”，局限于语言教学的单一功能，未能拓展到文化传播层面。因此，在应对西方文化全面进入时，中国的影视作品几乎“只有招架之功，并无还手之力”。

在这样一种大背景下，中国文化的传统之根和国学之魂在大范围、深层次上被搁置起来，在哺育青少年一代和滋养国人精魂方面未能充分发挥出应有的魅力。现代社会尤其是年轻一代价值观念的混杂、行为方式的畸变，不能不说与传统之断裂有着莫大关联。

接续传统之根、博采西方文明之长，在中西方文化的互补、交融中重构我们的价值体系和文化模式，越来越成为有识之士的共识。近年来如火如荼的“国学热”，正是这一诉求的产物。遗憾的是，“国学热”表面上热热闹闹影响广泛，实际上则流于形式和皮毛，充斥了大量的炒作与泡沫，缺乏扎实的根底和真正的深入人心。

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The massive influx of Western culture in the form of films, TV programs and intellectual movements has long been the reality. In fact, this is a process that traditional China must go through as it moves towards the wider world, the future and modernization. And in this process, Chinese culture should and can make its mark, rather than be a passive participant that stands by to see Western culture spread far and wide. However, for much of the past serval decades, Chinese films and TV programs were about “China of the past”, a country that was underdeveloped, conservative, ignorant and even morbid. Even the Confucius Institute, which was built across the world over recent years, is “a response to the craze for the Chinese language”: its role is confined to language teaching and hasn’t expanded into cultural communication. As a result, in the face of the influx of Western culture on almost every front, we Chinese know how to parry, but not how to strike back.

In this context, the roots and core values of traditional culture are put aside, and consequently their role in fostering the younger generation and the character of the nation isn’t leveraged. Indeed, the jumble of values and abnormal behavior in modern China and especially among the youth have much to do with the discontinuity of traditional culture.

There is a growing recognition among far-seeing men and women that it is important to build on the power of traditional culture and access the strength of Western culture, and reshape our values system and cultural model as the two cultures learn from and interact with each other. The vogue for traditional culture in China over recent years is the very answer to this need. Unfortunately, behind the perceived excitement and impact caused by the vogue are concerns over its focus on form. Awash with hype and froth, it is divorced from reality and lacks what it takes to take root and leave a lasting impact.

来源：小平课堂