梁启超与泰戈尔

Liao Qichao and Tagore

梁启超是最早关注泰戈尔的中国知识分子之一。清末民初,梁启超以"文学救国"为目的,一方面致力于翻译介绍西方文化,欢迎西方学者来华讲学,一方面完成了从崇尚西方文化向中国传统文化的回归,宣扬东方文明的救世功能。就是基于这样的思想背景,作为第一个赢得诺贝尔文学奖的亚洲作家,泰戈尔进入其视野并受邀于1924年访华。但在当时中国复杂的政治、社会和文化环境下,梁启超与泰戈尔的真诚友谊却受到"别有用心者"的激烈批评。剖析造成这种误解的原因,可以从一个特殊的角度,透视中国近现代思想文化矛盾的实质。

In the history of modern ideology and culture in China, Liang Qichao is one of the earliest Chinese intellectuals who studied Tagore. Towards the end of the Qing Dynasty, for the purpose of ＂saving China with literature,＂ Liang Qichao tried to translate western culture, and invited western scholars to give lectures in China. On the other hand, he realized his return from advocating western culture to promoting traditional Chinese culture, believing that eastern civilization can save the world. Based on his ideological background, Rabindranath Tagore, as the first Asian writer who won the Nobel Prize for literature, was invited to visit China in 1924. But in the special political, social and cultural environment of China at that time, the sincere friendship between Liang Qichao and Tagore was misunderstood and criticized by critics as harboring ＂ulterior motives＂. From a special perspective, we can look into the substance of Chinese cultural contradictions by analyzing the reason for this misunderstanding.