征圣人而立言引六经以注我——“文学是人学”命题源流考辨

A Study of the Origins and Transformation of the Proposition ＂Literature is a Study of Man＂

“文学是人学”并非像钱谷融先生所说的那样是由丹纳和高尔基提出，而是他本人的首创。他之所以要将其归功于高尔基，完全是出于中国知识分子“征圣”与“宗经”的自觉和20世纪50年代政治语境下自我保护的考量。“征圣”只是手段和掩护，“立言”才是他的根本目的。

The proposition ＂Literature is a Study of Man＂ was not put forward by Hippolyte Adolphe Taine or Maxim Gorky, as Professor Qian Gurong suggested, but by Mr. Qian himself. He attributed it to Corky both as a gesture of invoking past sages and as a way of self-protection in the context of 1950s China. The invocation is a cover; the real purpose is to establish his own theory.