在历史与传说之间——以何文渊传说为例

Difference between History and Legend——Taking Legend of He Wenyuan as an Example

明代温州知府何文渊是一位能臣、清官,但在温州民间传说中却被丑化为一个心胸狭隘、凶狠毒辣的封建官吏。历史与传说之间呈现出一道扑朔迷离的鸿沟。通过大传统与小传统的互动关系,运用族群认同以及历史记忆等相关理论,解读何文渊传说,探讨历史与传说的关系。研究表明:何文渊传说是明清以降温州人族群认同的形象表述,是温州民众对当地历史的"集体记忆"。中国传统社会里知识精英和普通民众之间的思想互动,使中国文化具有历史与民俗传统交融的特质。

He Wenyuan,the magistrate of Wenzhou in the Ming Dynasty,was capable and honest.But in Wenzhou local folks,he was smeared as a narrow minded,malicious and fierce feudal official.There was a complicated and confused gap between history and legend.With the interacting between great tradition and little tradition and by applying the theories such as ethnic identity and historical memory,the legend of He Wenyuan has been analyzed and the relationship between history and legend has been explored.The study showed that the legend of He Wenyuan is a vivid description of the ethnic identity since the Ming and Qing Dynasty and ＂a collective memory＂ about the local history among folks in Wenzhou.It is the interacting of thoughts between the intellectual elites and the common people in Chinese traditional society that has granted a characteristic of combination of history and folklore tradition in her culture.