胡适“传记文学”概念再考察——兼与卞兆明先生商榷

Re-examination of Hu Shi's Concept of“Biographical Literature”——A Discussion with Mr.Bian Zhaoming

卞兆明认为胡适在1929年提出了传记文学之“实”——有“实”而无“名”,在1930年提出了传记文学之名——有“名”且有“实”。在1914年到1953年的39年间,胡适在不同的场合使用了“传记”“新体传记”“传记文学”“中国传记文学”“中国的传记文学”等词,对于传记文学的用词含混,概念界限不清。通过厘清胡适历次围绕“传记文学”提出的关于“传记文学”的名词所指,可以看到,胡适在1914年已经提出了传记文学之“实”,同时,胡适关于传记文学的概念总体上接近现代传记文学,强调其文学性。

Bian Zhaoming believed that Hu Shi proposed the“existence”of biographical literature in 1929-with“existence”but without“name”.In 1930,the name of biographical literature was introduced-with both“name”and“existence”.Between 1914 and 1953,Hu Shi used various terms,such as“biography”,“new style biography”,“biographical literature”,“Chinese biographical literature”,and“China's biographical literature”in different contexts.This resulted in ambiguous terminology and unclear conceptual boundaries for the genre.Through re-examining Hu Shi proposed terms related to“biographical literature”proposed by,it becomes clear that he has introduced the concept of“existence”of biographical literature in 1914.At the same time,Hu's concept of biographical literature is similar to modern biographical literature,with an emphasis on the literary nature.