厦门大学国学院风波——鲁迅与现代评论派冲突的余波

The Breakup of the Institute of Chinese Studies of Amoy University in 1927

导致 192 7年厦门大学国学院解体的两大内因 ,即因缘北京大学而来的鲁迅与所谓现代评论派的冲突 ,以及国学院与校长林文庆及理科的过节 ,虽有各种复杂的人事纠葛与性格冲突 ,本身并无政治上实质性的大是大非 ,不宜单从鲁迅一面立论 ,将冲突各方推向反面或视为异类。不过 ,跳出具体的个人恩怨 ,此事蕴藏着那一时期中国政治与学术重新分化组合的征兆。面对社会矛盾的不断激化 ,五四以来笼统的政治派分进一步分解 。

It is usually said that there were two internal factors leading to the breakup of the Institute of Chinese Studies of Amoy University in 1927. These were the quarrels between Lu Xun and the so called “Modern Review School”, and the conflicts between members of the Institute of Chinese Studies of Amoy University and Lin Wenqing, the university president, as well as some members of the Faculty of Science. Although it is true that conflicts did exist among various members of the University, it would be a mistake to simply accept Lu Xun's side of the story that these were clear cut political hostilities between various factions. This paper suggests that one should perhaps look at the breakup of the Institute from a wider political and social context, rather than regarding the incident as mere personal conflicts in a narrow sense. It argues that this incident was an indication of the division and re integration of academic and political forces of the time. While social conflicts became more and more intensified, the political fractions established since the May Fourth Movement became more and more fragmented. Under such circumstances, scholars were left with no alternative but could only go to extremes in both political and academic terms.