傅兰雅的汉语语言观及其当代价值

John Fryer's Thought on Chinese Language and Its Contemporary Value

傅兰雅的汉语语言观形成于晚清特定历史语境中,受其家庭环境、学习与工作经历、基督教精神等多重因素影响。他汉语语言观的内容主要表现在:界定"汉语"概念,分析汉语语言特点,指出汉语的历史优越性和发展性,倡导用中文译介西学,并呼吁保护中国语言文字。他的这些观点对于当代中国维护汉语规范性,增强中国语言文字自信具有启示作用。

John Fryer developed his thought on Chinese language through the multiple factors of his family environment, working experience, Christian spirit and the context of the Late Qing Dynasty. He clearly defined the concept of 'Chinese language', its characteristics, its historical superiority and capability of development, and he advocated translating Western science and technology into Chinese and protecting the purity of the Chinese language. His ideas shed light on our contemporary attitude toward the Chinese language, e.g. how to maintain the purity of Chinese and how to strengthen our confidence in Chinese.