儒学，走过春天

2011年初，一则文化新闻在网络上迅速传播：元月11日，在天安门广场东侧的国家博物馆北广场上，竖立起了一座巍峨的孔子雕像。在天安门广场这个政治地标周围竖立孔子雕像，其用意自然非同一般。伴随着中国经济的崛起，与之相适应的文化自信心亟需树立。另外，文化更能拉近全球华人之间的心灵距离。

Confucianism Is Ushering in Its Flourishing Period

Nowadays, with the abolition of monarchy and autocracy in China, the advocation fConfucianism has ushered in a bright way. Although Confucianism is not the instrument for the monarchs to control the ordinary people any more, in the new historic period, it still has indomitable vitality, which can be accepted by people today. It can be predicted that in the 21st century when people pursue freedom, democracy,