从传统到现代的二重性——论王韬的文言小说

Dual Character from Tradition to Modern Times ——About Wang Tao's Classical Chinese Novel

近代是中国社会文化的转型时期,近代知识分子在从传统向现代化迈进的过程中,显得矛盾重重。一方面他们对传统文化产生深刻的怀疑与否定,承认西方文化的价值。另一方面他们又对传统文化眷恋不舍。王韬的文言小说正是反映了文化转型时期知识分子的这种特殊心态,他在妇女观、婚姻爱情观、科举观等几个方面都体现出经过了西方文化洗礼的崭新的价值观念,但同时对传统文化仍然藕断丝连。

It is in the modern time that China's social culture transformed. The modern intellectual was full of contradictions during the process of marching towards from tradition to modernization. On one hand they doubted and negated traditional culture, admitted western culture, they were sentimentally attached to traditional culture on the other hand. It is Wang Tao's classical Chinese novel that reflected the intellectual's such special psychology in the period culture transformation. His novel displayed not only totally new value view be influenced by western culture, but also close link with traditional culture of China in conception of woman, marriage family and imperial civil examinations, etc.