吴宓游美之前的知识结构考论

Research on Wu Mi's Knowledge Structure before Studying in the United States

1918年,吴宓在梅光迪的介绍下,师从白璧德先生并终身服膺其"新人文主义"的思想,绝非一种历史的偶然。考论吴宓早年对文学的极大兴趣,与报业的渊源及其办报的初步实践,在"新关学"的影响下形成的道德自律,以及清华7年对西方人文传统的倾向性接受等,初步构成了他的知识框架,呈现出好德内省、新旧兼蓄、中西会通的思想取向。这些不仅是吴宓游美期间(1917—1921)接受白璧德"新人文主义"的"种子因",而且也为此后吴宓及其同仁创办《学衡》杂志埋下了伏笔。从这个意义上看,吴宓游美之前的知识结构可视为"学衡派"前史的重要组成部分。

Wu Yi and Mei Guang-di met with historic symbolism at Harvard University in August 1918.Since then,the two have stood in the opposition of the New Culture Movement through the compilation of Xue-heng journal in a cultural conservatism manner.There was a causal relationship behind this seeming contingency.These four aspects,including Wu Mi’s early interest in literature,the historical origin of the modern press,the causal link with the new Confucianism,and the study of the western humanistic classics,constituted the basis of Wu Mi’s acceptance of Babbitt’s Neo-humanism.