从“古为今用”到“古今对话”——中国古代文学史教学研究的若干思考

From Applying Past to Present to Dialogue between Past and Present——Some Thoughts on Studies of Teaching of Ancient Chinese Literature History

中国古代文学史不是自古就有的,而是晚清五四以来以近代西方理论为参照逐步建构起来的。在这一过程中,古代文学逐渐失去了自主性,沦为近代西方思想的附庸。我们过去一直强调"古为今用",即古代社会的一切思想资源都必须为当今社会服务,这在特定的历史条件下是有其积极意义的,但在当前中华民族复兴的时代背景下就显得不合时宜了。我们需要转变思路,由"古为今用"转向"古今对话",激活传统,构建古代文学研究的新局面,为民族复兴提供本土的思想资源。

Studies of Ancient Chinese literature History were not established until the late Qing Dynasty or the May 4th Movement in 1919, when modern western theories were introduced. Then the studies gradually became so dependent on western thoughts that they reduced to be a vassal in the end. It was of great significance at that time to laying an emphasis on the idea that the past shall serve the present, i.e., all resources of thoughts in the past shall submit themselves to the present day. However, this thinking is no longer logical in the era of Chinese rejuvenation. Thus, it is time to reconstruct such a theory that is built on the basis of dialogue between the past and present. In this way, resources of traditional thoughts are reasonably used for the end of promoting studies of ancient Chinese literature and contributing to the progress of Chinese national rejuvenation.