-- assimilate and regenerate [different cultural / intellectual elements] -- different refers specifically to "East and West" here

Altertnatively:
-- blending and reinventing [different cultural / intellectual elements]

估计是台湾的用法，但是国语词典也没有好的解释。。。。“和解”大概可以理解为“熔合”、“融和”等等。。。类似近代史上的“中体西用”之类？？

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http://140.111.34.46/cgi-bin/dict/newsearch.cgi
教育部國語辭典
【和解】
注音一式 ㄏㄜˊ　ㄐ｜ㄝˇ
注音二式 ｈ 　ｊｉ

相似詞 妥協、息爭

相反詞 搏鬥、紛爭、格鬥、糾紛、角鬥、決鬥

解釋 雙方停止爭執，歸於和平。三國演義˙第七回： 見在磐河廝殺，宜假天子之詔，差人往和解之。
法律上謂當事人約定，互相讓步，以終止爭執或防止爭執發生之契約。




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Perhaps this the ad hoc definition given by Song:
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宋楚瑜说，清华的经验就是中西和解再生的经验。这是一个从和解、和平到和谐、合作的一个成长过程。在这个过程当中，我们不但没有吃亏，反而成长，从中找到自我定位，重新取得民族的自尊。所以清华的经验就是全中国人最好的经验


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Then maybe it's "reconciliation and regeneration"...

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Cambridge Adv. Learner's Dict.:

Definition

reconcile Show phonetics
verb [T]
1 to find a way in which two situations or beliefs that are opposed to each other can agree and exist together:
It is sometimes difficult to reconcile science and religion.
It's difficult to reconcile such different points of view.
How can you reconcile your fur coat and/with your love of animals?

2 be reconciled When two people are reconciled they become friendly again after they have argued:
They were finally reconciled with each other, after not speaking for nearly five years.

reconciliation Show phonetics
noun
1 [C or U] when two people or groups of people become friendly again after they have argued:
It took hours of negotiations to bring about a reconciliation between the two sides.

2 [U] the process of making two opposite beliefs, ideas or situations agree

(from Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)