The Research Of Zhang Hao’s "Dim Consciousness" Theory

Zhang Hao is an important scholar in modern academia and is one of the outstanding Chinese historians in the field of overseas,who have great influence in domestic academic circle, his political thought and academic thought is worth in-depth study. Zhang Hao studied in Taiwan and the United States,the form and development of his academic ideas were impact by his supervisor Richard.Zhang Hao academic research results also help us to develop research ideas and methods.With the help of Yin hai guang and Reinhold Niebuhr, Zhang Hao proposed "Dim consciousness"firstly which is an important academic view and had been formed into a system. After development,"Dim consciousness" included two meanings.In a narrow sense,"Dim consciousness" is what we need to confront and the alert in the dark side.Broadly speaking,"Dim consciousness" is Understanding and reflection on limits of human nature in a moral and intellectual by the confront and the alert.The "Dim consciousness" theory were made up of these meanings.Zhang Hao’s "Dim consciousness" theory has multidimensional source of ideas. Sense of urgency, thought of Confucian Jingshi since the Dynasty of Song and Ming constitute "Dim consciousness" in the sense of "Chinese elements". Sense of urgency and "Dim consciousness" both focus on the alert towards the world-The thought of Confucian Jingshi since the Dynasty of Song and Ming give this alert some guidances on the operation skill.Niebuhr’s "crisis theology" and the Marxist concept of alienation constitute "Dim consciousness" in the sense of "Western nutrition".Crisis theology’s contribution lies mainly in its prominent warning original Christian doctrine and modern inspiration.In contrast with the Marxist concept of alienation,"Dim consciousness" nor agree on apriority of human transformation.Zhang Hao see the year between1895and1925as the transition era in Chinese Modern History, The transitional era has two salient characteristics,that is the "inside".In the "outside",ideological knowledge proliferation of media is a example which expressed as the appearance of newspapers,magazines,new schools, society institutional media and community media intelligentsia.In the "inside",The huge change in ideological connotations of intellectual is a example which expressed as Chinese cultural orientation crisis and new ideological universe appears.The year of1919is a change in the period of the Chinese Modern History,the contradictory nature of thought is a example which expressed as the stagger between the nationalism and the cosmopolitanism.Zhang Hao’s "dim consciousness" emphasize heavily on ideological concern of democracy.Western thought has two examples reflects the point,not believe that Christian perfection is possible and attention to the tendency of objective legal system, the Puritans in the development of the United States and Lord Acton thought better to show these two characteristics.The"dim consciousness"have some reflectionln in the pre-Qin Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism.Due to the into the german consciousness and "Sage" thought, the"dim consciousness"in Chinese traditional thought has not been fully developed which is the reason why Chinese traditional have no constitutionalism in Zhang Hao’s eyes.