Digital Issue of the College of Transcultural Studies

The Initial Issue:NO.1

Issued:Oct.1,2017

Program:Key project of “ Research for Language,Character of Chinese and Folk Culture from the Perspective of Transcultural Studies”, hosted by the Center of Folklore, Ancient Writing and Chinese Characters, Key Social Science Research Base under the Ministry of Education of P.R.China
Confucianism and language for thought
Léon Vandermeersch(Professor of Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales(EHESS),France)

The emergence and utilization of ancient Chinese classical style of writings represents the history of language for communication turning to language for intellectual analysis. Chinese classical style of writings itself proves the rationality of Chinese way of thinking, which is not the western rationality. Chinese history reveals that the brilliant achievements in science and culture rely on such rationality.