Abstract: Cultural confidence is the confidence in the socialist culture with Chinese characteristics, not merely the confidence in the traditional Chinese culture. It is not the same with confidence in theory, which is essentially the confidence in an ideology. The essence of cultural confidence is the confidence in values. Cultural confidence is the most fundamental form of confidence as manifested as follows. Cultural values are found in the choosing of the socialist path, theory, and system with Chinese characteristics. The socialist path, theory, and system with Chinese characteristics are rooted in the profound history and culture of China. And the confidence in culture and values is more essential, fundamental and lasting. Cultural confidence does not imply cultural determinism, cultural revivalism, or cultural hegemonism.

Key words: cultural confidence, confidence in theory, confidence in values

摘要： 文化自信是对中国特色社会主义文化的自信，文化自信并不仅仅是对中华传统文化的自信。文化自信与理论自信不同，理论自信的内核是意识形态自信；文化自信的内核是价值观自信。文化自信是最根本的自信，这既源于文化价值观渗透在中国特色社会主义道路、理论和制度的选择中，也源于中国特色社会主义道路、理论和制度建立在深厚的历史文化根基上，还源于文化价值观自信的力量更基本、更深层、更持久。文化自信决非文化决定论，也不意味着走向文化复古主义和文化霸权主义。

关键词: 文化自信, 理论自信, 价值观自信