心是“空山灵雨”,身是“缀网劳蛛”——东西文化交融中的许地山

Soul as "The Holy Rain in the Intangible Mountain" and Body as "Laboring Spider":Xu Dishan in the Eastern and Western Cultural Integration

生于台湾,长于大陆,留学于美欧,任教于港岛的许地山受西方文化影响很深,尤其是与宗教有着很深的缘分。然而,许地山毕竟是中国书生,中国传统文化的影响更是根深蒂固于灵魂和血肉。因此,基督之"博爱"、佛陀之"慈悲"和儒家之"仁爱"、道家之"修为"融合统一贯串于许地山之一生。"救赎意识"、"色空观念"一旦与"修齐治平"结缘的时候,则转换成一种悲剧精神。许地山的两部重要作品《空山灵雨》与《缀网劳蛛》便正好表征着许地山的这种"以出世的情怀做入世的事业"的悲剧精神。

Born in Taiwan, grown up in the mainland, and educated in America and Europe, Xu Dishan finally becomes a teacher in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Immersed in the Western culture, he is deeply influenced by religion in partieular. However, as a Chinese scholar, the impacts of the Chinese traditional culture are deeply engraved in Xu Dishan. Therefore, such concepts as the Christian ＂universal fraternity＂, the Buddhist ＂mercy＂, the Confueian ＂goodness＂ and the Taoist ＂self-cultivation＂ are all integrated persistently into his whole life. And a special kind of tragic spirit arises from the combination of ＂the consciousness of redemption＂, the concept of ＂all reality is a phantom＂ and the idea of ＂cultivating oneself, bringing order to the family, and governing the country and bringing peace to all＂. His two important works The Holy Rain in the Intangible Mountain and Laboring Spider embody such tragie spirit, with which Xu Dishan ＂approaches all worldly things in an aloof manner＂.