拿什么拯救人文精神——读《沧浪之水》

With What Could We Rescue the Humanist Spirit

《沧浪之水》指涉的是关于当代知识分子价值选择的重大话题。功利主义以市场为依托取得了现实和道义的合法性 ,这对中国知识分子的人文传统的精神杀伤力是巨大的。在这种历史语境中 ,传统的精神资源仍然有效吗 ?当代知识分子凭什么去反抗虚无主义 ?拿什么去拯救人文精神 ?小说揭示了一系列了困扰着当代知识分子的重要问题 ,进而提出寻找新的价值根基的重大命题。

Yan Zhen's novel Azure Water dwells on the value choices that the contemporary intellectuals could possibly make. Utilitarianism has become lawful both in reality and morality by way of market. This means enormous attack to the humanist tradition of the Chinese intellectuals. Is the traditional spiritual resource still valid in this kind of historical context? With what could the contemporary intellectuals fight against nihilism? With what could they rescue the humanist spirit? The novel puts forward a series of important issues that haunt and puzzle the contemporary intellectuals.