Issue: "Tradition and modernization are incompatible. One must choose between
them."
Position: It is my belief that tradition and modernization can coexist and contribute to the development of each other.
Only a society that tradition and modernization are balanced properly can develop and maximize its welfare.
Tradition and modernization are firmly inter-related each other due to the society itself. They have never been separated in any society even governments or conquerors have tried to do so. Latest ideas derived from tradition, exotic ideas need to be assimilated by the tradition, upon these ideas societies are likely to be modernized. It is the individuals who are under and for the tradition seek and find the necessity and opportunity to improve their own society, which has embodied people the common spirit--traditional spirit that identifies people as a whole and propel them to innovate the society in an advancing world. In another word, to modernize dose not means to reject but to preserve, to preserve the traditional spirit and the foundational elements of a culture, without such spirit a nation may loose the core of its own culture even if it is modern. And I doubt if without the characteristic such nation could prevent itself from being melted by exotic cultures.
There is no essential dichotomy between tradition and modernization, since the goal of change is to remain, or to preserve. It seems like that modernization emphasizes to change, while tradition is often depicted as resistance against change. Actually, it is the groups who benefit temporarily from fixed society that decline to change, not tradition itself. Thus, common conflicts in history, which are focused on in a special period of time or a special areas are always about the differences in such settings, however, when widen our view upon a long period of history, the process of modernization generally coordinated himself with tradition skillfully, though there were inevitable pains, which are consequences of bitter conflict, but origins of harmony coexist.
Beyond the conflict, tradition and modernization contributes to the development of each other. It is the protestant who terminated the government of king of England in America. But the ethic of protestant that derived from European continental culture developed the new spirit of capitalism in America. The adaptive strategy of Chinese culture, though rigid, provides enlighten intellectuals in the mission of spreading new ideology from western. Tradition is the architecture without which no value can be implemented while Modernization is a wisdom architect who maintain and renovate the building with his insight and proficiency to prevent tradition from decay. When expulsing some rotted pillars or changing a new beam, the architect seems callous, but it may ensure the pedestal of the edifice in security, even in the coming storms which is as stronger as the change of modern world.
In summary, a feasible modernization procedure functions to renovate tradition instead of perishing it. Tradition always composes of modernizations as long as it is advancing. It is as if they used to withhold each other, but the development of society is contributed by their inter-support rather than their conflict.作者: paisley 时间: 2003-6-26 04:54:58 标题: 呵呵，看你的ID和寄托天下创始人adoes这么像，今天先改你的：）
Only a society that tradition and modernization are balanced properly can develop and maximize its welfare.
Tradition and modernization are firmly inter-related （少with） each other due to the society itself. They have never been separated in any society even （少when） governments or conquerors have tried to do so. Latest ideas derived from tradition（这句最好和后半句的结构要平行，所以缺少谓语）, exotic ideas need to be assimilated by the tradition,（然后这里改成句号） upon these ideas societies are likely to be modernized. It is the individuals who are under and for the tradition seek and find the necessity and opportunity to improve their own society, which has embodied people the common spirit--traditional spirit that identifies people as a whole and propel them to innovate the society in an advancing world. In another word, to modernize dose not means（此处不应加s） to reject but to preserve, to preserve the traditional spirit and the foundational elements of a culture, without such spirit a nation may loose the core of its own culture even if it is modern. And I doubt if without（if应该去掉，两者意思一样，而且if后应该跟句子） the characteristic such nation could prevent itself from being melted by exotic cultures.
这段在说一个社会应该有革新意识，最好能在开头说明一下这个意思。
There is no essential dichotomy between tradition and modernization, since the goal of change is to remain, or to preserve. It seems like（like可去掉，seems和like的意思一样） that modernization emphasizes to change, while tradition is often depicted as resistance against change. Actually, it is the groups who benefit temporarily from fixed society that decline to change, not tradition itself. Thus, common conflicts in history, which are focused on in a special period of time or a special areas（前面是a，后面不应该有s） are always about the differences in such settings, however, when widen（应用分词形式，widening） our view（既然是our，就应该加s） upon a long period of history, the process of modernization generally coordinated himself（应是itself） with tradition skillfully, though there were inevitable pains, which are consequences of bitter conflict, but origins of harmony coexist.
这段说传统和现代化存在的必然性，以历史的观点。好。
Beyond the conflict, tradition and modernization contributes（主语是两个事物，不应该加s） to the development of each other. It is the protestant who terminated the government of king of England in America. But the ethic of protestant that derived from European continental culture developed the new spirit of capitalism in America. The adaptive strategy of Chinese culture, though rigid, provides enlighten （应是enlightened）intellectuals in the mission of spreading new ideology from western（应是west）. Tradition is the architecture without which no value can be implemented while Modernization is a wisdom architect who maintain and renovate the building with his insight and proficiency to prevent tradition from decay. When expulsing some rotted pillars or changing a new beam, the architect seems callous, but it may ensure the pedestal of the edifice in security, even in the coming storms which is as stronger（不应用比较级） as the change of modern world.
In summary, a feasible modernization procedure functions to renovate tradition instead of perishing it. Tradition always composes of modernizations as long as it is advancing. It is as if they used to withhold each other, but the development of society is contributed by their inter-support rather than their conflict.