试论《儒林外史》对公共领域的探索及失败

Failure in the Exploration of Public Sphere in The History of the Confucian Scholars

吴敬梓《儒林外史》虽讥讽了封建晚期士林群像,但也不遗余力地构建着理想中的"公共领域"。文章以哈贝马斯的公共领域理论为经,以公共领域的六要素(开放性与平等性、私人与会合、合法性与权威)为纬,探讨了《儒林外史》构建公共领域的渴求、可能性及其失败。

While Wu Jingzi ridiculed the intellectual circles in Confucian Scholars＂ ,he spared no effort to construct the ideal ＂ period in ＂The History- of the Based on Habermas＇theory- of public sphere, the paper explores the craving, possibility and failure in the construction of the public sphere in ＂ The History- of the Confucian Scholars＂ from the six elements of the public sphere（openness and equality, non- government and convergency, legitimacy and authority）.