“古雅”:饶锷先生的文化心态与审美境界

Rao E and the Crisis of Chinese Consciousness

饶锷先生(1890—1932)作为潮州的富商、文物收藏家、藏书家、学者、作家及社会活动家,毕生致力于保存国粹、振兴国学,一方面勤于著述,著作等身,创获极多,填补了不少学术空白,另一方面,积极办刊、出书、结社,团结潮汕学人,凝聚了一个时代特色、地域特色鲜明的"古学"群体,为保存与弘扬中华传统文化作出了积极贡献。这一系列"国故学"活动,蕴涵着顾炎武式的"学术经世"的入世弘愿,散发着"古雅"的气息。饶锷努力实现社会身份与文化身份的转型,试图从中国古典学术的创造性精神层面赓续传统,以回应西学的挑战,充分体现了近代转型时期本土知识分子特有的精神气质与思想深度。

Rao E （ 1890-1932）, as a famous businessman, antiquarian, bibliophile, scholar, writer and social activist in Chaozhou area, dedicated his life to preserving the quintessence of Chinese culture and rehabilitating the study of Chinese culture. On the one hand, he was diligent and prolific, having filled up a lot of academic blanks. On another hand, he took an active part in launching journals, publishing books, forming associations, and holding the scholars together. He welded together a group with characteristics of the times and places, making a positive contribution to preserving and promoting Chinese traditional culture. The series of activities and writings contained the lofty aspiration that administer affairs with his scholarship just like Gu Yanwu, and radiated with a classic and elegant charisma. Rao E worked hard at the transform between his social identity and cultural identity, trying to continue the tradition from the level of creative spirit, which originated from Chinese classic humanities, in response to the challenge of Western learning. It fully embodied the typical spirit and thought of native intellectuals in the modern transition period.