There is some merit to his reflections on Confucian philosophy vs western philosophy, and the criticisms/observations are founded. However I found the book repetitive, full of errors, and editorial at best. There are some serious blindspots regarding colonial history and the dominance of christianity. I agree with his opinion, not because he had substantial factual arguments, but because they happen to coincide with my pre-existing beliefs, and supplemented with actual arcane passages while I'm only familiar w the general Confucian ideas. Got about 70% of the way through the book before finally giving up. 蒋勋书里很多关于儒家和西方文化的见解并不无道理,但是整体来讲书里错误百出,反反复复就是一些自我的意见。作者对西方殖民历史还有天主教在历史里的角色有很大的盲点。我同意他的观点,并不是因为书里提供了任何证据或论点, 而是因为我的见解正好和作者的比较吻合,但是书本本身没有对我的认知增加任何新的内容。看了七成然后根本看不下去了。