民国前期关于现代中国文学史如何书写的论争——以胡适《中国五十年来之文学》、钱基博《现代中国文学史》为中心

Argumentation on How to Write the History of Modern Chinese Literature in Early Republic of China——On Hu Shi's Chinese Literature in Recent Fifty Years and Qian Jibo's History of Modern Chinese Literature

胡适《中国五十年来之文学》与钱基博《现代中国文学史》在民国前期被称为仅有的两部现代中国文学史著作,胡著宣扬白话文,钱著推崇古文,是针尖对麦芒之作。当时学术界曾就此引起怎样看待今古文学及如何书写现代中国文学史的论争,显现出学术转型时期学界对现代中国文学史的多样理解。论者并未理解钱、胡两氏的深意,胡著意在为白话文学树正统,钱著则寄寓着作者文化救国的深沉理想,两人的想法并无会通之处,这些情况使相关论争难有答案。

Hu Shi＇s Chinese Literature in Recent Fifty Years and Qian Jibo＇s History of Modern Chinese Literature were known in early Republic of China as the only two works on history of modern Chinese literature,one in Chinese vernacular,one in ancient prose,opposing.Both at that time were controversial,and brought about the argumentation in the academic circle on how to write the history of modern Chinese literature,revealing the diversity of understanding the history of Chinese literature in academic transformation period.But critics did not fully understand Hu and Qian＇s true meanings—Hu attempted to make the vernacular literature as orthodox while Qian conveyed his ideal to save his country by his works.Their ideas were completely different and therefore there could be no definite answers to the argumentation.