China is right in the track of transforming from traditional to modem, which began one century ago. In this process, the change of reality is based on the change of ideas. However, the change of ideas has to be based on idea resources. Intellectuals accept the ideas of "freedom, democracy, and fairness" exactly because they have found support in the revolutionary resources in traditional Confucian thoughts, one is "follow the reason rather than a monarch", and the other is patriotism.%中国正处于由传统向现代转化的过程中,这个过程从一百多年前就开始了。在这种转化过程中,观念的转化无疑为现实的转化奠定了思想基础。不过,观念的转变必须在传统思想资源的基础上进行。近代知识分子对自由、民主、平等观念的接受与转变是在传统儒家思想的“从道不从君”和“爱国主义”这两大思想资源基础上进行的,这正是传统儒家思想中所蕴涵的革命资源。
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