试析周作人对《新生》杂志筹办活动的回忆

An Analysis of Zhou Zuoren’s Recollections of the Activities for Preparing the New Life Magazine

1906年,鲁迅决定弃医从文,投身于文学事业,期望以文艺的力量来唤醒愚弱的国民,拯救危难中的祖国。第二年夏天,他集合同志,筹备创办一个文学杂志——《新生》。然而,鲁迅的努力最终还是落空了。这是鲁迅生平活动一件重要的事情,他曾在自己的第一部小说集《呐喊·自序》中做过痛苦的回忆。鲁迅好友、《新生》杂志的重要同人许寿裳在鲁迅逝世后,也回忆过其筹备的往事。周作人作为《新生》杂志拟议中的撰稿人与筹办活动的见证人,对有关情况更是数次著文回忆。细观周作人的回忆文字可以发现,他每一次的回忆在内容的轻重详略上都不尽相同。本文拟对这个现象进行考察,分析其价值所在与存在的不足,以增进对《新生》筹办活动更全面的认识和对周作人回忆的更客观的衡量与把握。

In 1906,Lu Xun decided to abandon medicine and devote himself to literature in the hope of using the power of literature and art to awaken the weak and stupid nationals and save the motherland in distress.Therefore he gathered those with the same belief and prepared to create a literary magazine New Life in the summer of that year.However,Lu Xun failed to attain his hope.This was an important event during the lifetime of Lu Xun.He once had a painful memory in the Self-preface of his first novel collection Call to Arms.Zhou Zuoren,as a proposed contributor to the New Life magazine and a witness to the preparation,has written several articles to recall this event.By reading the memoirs of Zhou Zuoren carefully,the author finds that his recollections were different in focuses and details.This paper intends to review and compare the differences in the memoirs of Zhou Zuoren,and analyze the value and deficiencies so as to improve the understanding of the preparation for the New Life magazine and Zhou Zuoren’s memoirs.