英文摘要 |
The following pages do not represent an attempt to sum up the present state of knowledge regarding all aspects of Chinese antiquity; rather, they highlight important considerations, to serve as a background to historical trends in Chinese thought. Unlike Europe, China experienced little struggle between church and state because of the absence of such entities as Catholicism and Protestantism. Instead she had a great number of conflicts between orthodoxy and heterodoxy in more than two millennia. Orthodoxy is taken to mean an officially and authoritatively established doctrine for the government and the people to follow. This is called the correct teaching (cheng-chiao) or rightful denomination (cheng-t'ung), a position occupied by Confucianism. |