英语翻译“文艺复兴”一词,原意系指“希腊、罗马古典文化的再生”.但是,当时西欧各国新兴资产阶级的文化革命运动包括一系列重

"Renaissance",means the original intention of "Greece,Rome,the classical culture of regeneration." However,when Western European countries emerging bourgeois cultural revolution movement,including a series of major historical events,of which the main is:"humanism" the rise; Scholasticism and the monks of the negative; artistic style of updating the selection of literary dialect ; The emergence of utopian socialism; modern science began to develop; printing applications and the dissemination of scientific and cultural knowledge,and so on.This series of events,is more "classical culture of renewable",as said to be "the beginning of modern culture" rather than "rejuvenation" rather than "innovation." "Renaissance" in the history of the development of human civilization marked a great turning point.It is a new culture,is the new political society,a reflection of the new economy is emerging bourgeoisie in the ideological and cultural fields,anti-feudal struggle.
Engels once spoke highly of the "Renaissance" in the history of the role of progress.He wrote:"This is a human has never experienced the greatest and progressive change,the need is a giant and had a giant - in thinking ability,passion and character,versatile and knowledgeable in the giant Times."(Note:" Selected Works of Marx and Engels "Volume III of the 445.)
If we say that the discovery of human geography to the material world into the unknown,then Renaissance is human to the spiritual world into the unknown,in the spiritual world in the exploration.This exploration in literature,art,political and ideological fields of natural sciences and created a great success.Renaissance of great historical significance is that it prompted the Europeans to God as the center from the transition to a people-centred,is the awakening,the people the world has never been the focus shifted to this world.It awakened people to entrepreneurial spirit,creative spirit and the spirit of scientific experiments,in the spirit of respect for the victory of the capitalist system and opened the way to establish.Renaissance in Europe in the historical development occupies an important position.
The first is the discovery.Comparison with the Middle Ages,the Renaissance in the ideological field has brought a series of dramatic changes.The most prominent change is on people's values change.In the Middle Ages,the ideal person should be inferior,passive,doing nothing,people in the world,the significance of less than commendable.Renaissance discovered and the great people,affirmed the human values and creativity,put people to the liberation,individuality should be free.Attention to human values,called upon to play the wisdom and creative potential,the inaction against the negative attitude towards life,to promote a positive spirit of adventure.Attention to worldly life,contempt for the afterlife or heaven Xuwupiaomiao the myth,and thus the pursuit of material well-being of the Rouyu meet and oppose the religious abstinence.In literature and art were asked to express the feelings against the hypocritical and artificial.Such as:Peter Clark's "Geji," Boccaccio's "Decameron." Pay attention to scientific experiments,against the Apriorism; stressed that the use of reason,against the blind obedience to require the development of personality,against the detention of human nature in the moral concepts require indulgence,against the self-restraint; promote "civic virtue" that the cause of success and prosperity is the ethical conduct Fajia .Promote optimism attitude towards life.This can not curb the thirst for knowledge and Zhuigenjiudi explore the spirit of all things to study Gejiu Jing,and never satisfied with little knowledge of the spirit,to create this world fighting for the well-being optimistic and enterprising spirit of the people from the medieval Christian theology The liberation of the shackles,the bourgeoisie is in this spirit under the guidance of the creation of the modern capitalist world.Before and after 1500 the geographical discovery,is that the spirit of humanism external performance.Italy is the birthplace of the Renaissance,and "geographical discovery," the protagonist of Columbus and Capote are Italians.They are all in the spirit of humanism inspired by the explorers to participate in the cause of geography.Columbus despite difficulties and obstacles,engaged in dangerous and difficult undertaking adventure,full of optimism that his aggressive and positive spirit of adventure.He Yuanduzhongyang trend,the more water over the wave of momentum,is the strong desire to find gold,but also in the pursuit of happiness in this world desire.West to find the route to the east,is built on the earth is round the scientific and convictions,also shows that he is convinced that the spirit of scientific experiments and explore the spirit.It can be said that "geographic discovery" is a by-product of the Renaissance Movement.Of course,that there are large geographical contributed a range of other factors and conditions,but the geographical discoveries and the Renaissance spirit of the times match,is indisputable.