论周作人与古希腊文学

ZHOU Zuoren and Ancient Greek Literature

古希腊文学因其闪光的精神特质而保持永恒的艺术生命,就如穿越了漫长历史的河流滋润着人类文明。思考中国文化的周作人在对古希腊文学的大量接触与研究之后,以启蒙者的眼光发现了古希腊文学中蕴涵的卓越精神,认为这种精神对中华文化来说有很大的补充和裨益。周作人文化精神的重要内容,如人道主义、自由观念和“中庸”思想等,与周作人自己所推崇的古希腊文学蕴涵的精神特质有密切关系。

Ancient Greek literature keeps its immortal artistic energy for the glowing spiritual characteristics, moistening human civilization through the river of long history. ZHOU Zuoren, studying mainly on Chinese culture, discovered the prominent power from the ancient Greek literature. After close study, he believed that the Greek literature could be great complement to Chinese culture. The most important contents of ZHOU include humanism, freedom and the doctrine of the “mean”, which is related to the spirit in Greek literature.