程晋芳《儒林外史》研究述评

A Review of ChengJinfang's Research on The Scholars

程晋芳既是吴敬梓晚年最亲近的朋友之一 ,又是第一位全面评价吴敬梓与《儒林外史》的学者。他对吴敬梓生平事迹的记载 ,对吴敬梓为人、思想的分析 ,对《儒林外史》思想主题的论述 ,都具有极高的学术价值。但是 ,他对吴敬梓及《儒林外史》的评价 ,也有一些偏颇 ,体现了时代和个人认识的局限。

Cheng Jinfang is one of Wu Jingzi's most intimate friends in his late years and the first scholar to have made an all-round comment on Wu and his Scholars. Cheng's records of Wu's life, his analysis of Wu the person and his Wthoughts, and his comments on the ideological theme of The Scholars are all of very high academic values. But his review of the author and the opus is biased, more or less, which shows the limitations of the times and the vision of an individual.