论钱钟书的学术个性

Academic Personality of Qian Zhongshu

钱钟书为中国二十世纪罕见的具有鲜明学术个性的文化巨人和学术大师。真理之勇和文章之德是其毕生所坚持的学术品格;文学艺术的创作与鉴赏为其兴趣所在和努力方向;以语言为工具、材料为基础是其一贯的治学态度;超越种族差异而走上中西融通之路是其基本的文化观念;打通意识和史有诗心是其基本的学术观念;循环阐释是其主要的阐释原则和方法。

Mr.Qian Zhongshu,a cultural giant and academician with distinct academic personality in the 20th century,showed bravery in his pursuit of truth and true virtue in his writings.His interest was always in the creation and appreciation of literary works.His academic pursuit was based on solid materials,with languages being his tool.His basic cultural idea was to transcend the racial differences and to fuse Western and Chinese cultures,with the sense of linking and poetic method in the study of history being his basic academic method,and with Der Hermeneutische Zirkel as his main principle and method of hermeneutics.