Social Sciences in China (Chinese Edition)

No. 5, 2022

A Community with a Shared Future for Mankind and Cultural Confidence in Chinese Literature

(Abstract)

Zhang Fugui

The internal relationship between cultural confidence and a community with a shared future for mankind is both theoretical and practical, and it is also the starting point and anchor point for our renewed understanding and appreciation of the content structure and value orientation of Chinese literature. Past research into cultural confidence in Chinese literature primarily emphasized the inherent national spirit and aesthetic value embedded in classical literature, but relatively neglected the modern cultural confidence demonstrated in Chinese new literature since the May Fourth Movement. The evolution of culture requires not only inheriting traditions but also developing them. Modern culture, having been integrated into the great tradition of Chinese culture, is an important resource for cultural confidence in Chinese literature. Understanding what constitutes a confident culture, then interpreting and disseminating it, gaining the trust of others through recognition by other cultures and achieving mutual trust through exchange and integration, as well as ultimately realizing common cultural beliefs is an important way to build a community with a shared future for mankind. Taking “Chinese style and manner” as the starting point and seeking the resonance of human spiritual civilization is the complete course of Chinese literature from cultural self-confidence to confident cultural communion. From the perspective of a community with a shared future for mankind, human consciousness is not only a theme but also a new yardstick for literary creation and literary criticism.