1915-1916年的梅光迪

Mei Guang-di in 1915-1916: the Origin of The Critical Review

梅光迪是《学衡》杂志得以问世的核心人物,他发起创立《学衡》杂志的原因,一半是他于1915-1916年间在美国与胡适进行文学论争的结果;一半是他这期间所受的白璧德人文主义的影响。因此,追溯《学衡》的出现以及"学衡派"的形成,有必要了解1915-1916年间梅光迪与胡适在美国进行的文学革命论争。这场论争不仅影响了胡适和梅光迪两人的命运,而且直接促成了作为新文化运动反对派的"学衡派"的出现。

Mei Guang-di commenced The Critical Review (Xue Heng)for two reasons. One was his dispute about literature with Hu Shi in 1915-1916 when they were studying in the U.S.; the other was Mei’s American advisor Irving Babbitt’s Humanism. It’s necessary for us to know the dispute between Mei and Hu, for it not only produced an important effect on both of them, but it also led to the formation of Xue Heng School as the opponent of the New Cultural Movement.