关于叶德钧之死及他批评吴梅的一桩公案

Ye Dejun’s Death and a Well-known Unjust Case about His Criticizing to Wu Mei

叶德钧批评吴梅是发生在两位学术名家之间的一桩陈年旧案,并引起多人回应,在学术的范围内,是非不难判断。1956年,叶德钧遭遇政治迫害,45岁时含冤自杀,英年早逝,除了一些当事人之外,学术界似乎都不知道他的确切死因。最近公布的刘文典在1957年"反右"运动中的两份检查,透露了叶德钧自杀之谜。对叶德钧的冤死,某些学者不仅不同情他的不幸,反而表现出极度的冷漠,则此事就有重提的必要。另外,叶德钧在小说戏曲研究方面贡献卓著,但对他晚年身世之落寞,知之者甚少。笔者希望通过本文的梳理,我们对他生平的认识会多一些。

Ye Dejun criticizing Wu Mei has been an old story and case which happed to the two famous scholars, and lead to many people＇s responses. The author introduced Ye Dejun＇s exact death cause, his distinguished contribution to novel and opera research, and his desolated later years.