时代洪流中的城市记忆——读季剑青《名胜的名与实》

The Urban Memory in the Change of Times——Impression of Ji Jianqing's Essay

季剑青在《名胜的名与实》中就北京名胜的文学书写与史料实录产生的矛盾进行探讨,提出在国家现代化构建过程中,名胜该被放在怎样的位置这一问题。文章从旧京中的新知识分子、现代社会与历史传统的关系等层面对《名胜的名与实》进行思考。

In "The Fame and the Essence of the Historical Spots", Ji Jianqing discusses the contradiction between the literary works and historical materials about some places of historic interest in Beijing, and puts forward the question of where the places of interest should be placed in the process of the construction of the modernization of the country. This paper tries to discuss this problem from the aspects of the new intellectuals in the old Beijing, the relationship between modern society and historical tradition, and so on.