Since the mid-1980s, Taiwan and mainland China have witnessed a
sustained resurgence of academic and intellectual interest in
"ruxue" --"Confucianism"--variously conceived as a form of culture,
an ideology, a system of learning, and a tradition of normative
values. This discourse has led to a proliferation of contending
conceptions of "ruxue," as well as proposals for rejuvenating it to
make it a vital cultural and psycho-spiritual resource in the
modern world.
This study aims to show how "ruxue" has been conceived in order
to assess the achievements of this enterprise; to identify which
aspects of "ru" thought and values academics find viable, and why;
to highlight the dynamics involved in the ongoing
cross-fertilization between academics in China and Taiwan; and to
examine the relationship between these activities and cultural
nationalism.
Four key arguments are developed. First, the process of
intellectual cross-fertilization and rivalry between scholars has
served to sustain academic interest in "ruxue," Second, contrary to
conventional wisdom, party-state support in the PRC does not
underpin the continuing academic discourse on "ruxue," Third,
cultural nationalism, rather than state nationalism, better
explains the nature of this activity. Fourth, academic discourse on
"ruxue" provides little evidence of robust philosophical
creativity.
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