千古斯人心——评《历史名人的心理传记》一书

The Everlasting Heart——A Review About the Book of “Psychological Biography of Historical Celebrities”

人之心灵微隐而难摹,而人之存在的心结则会间或影响生命之路向。现实常人如此,历史名人亦然。心理传记作为理解个体内心生活的一扇新窗,不仅标示了心理学研究的别样路径,而且亦对历史名人的存在心结进行了细至的深描。在这个意义上,《历史名人的心理传记》透过心理学视角剖析历史悬疑事件,对林徽因、项羽、武则天等八位历史名人的心理情结及生命道路进行了深入诠解。它通过历史与心理的视域交融喻显人们:历史名人是“人”,而且只能是“人”,无论其有千种华彩、万般之伟业,然其终为一“人”,亦有着“人”之心绪情结与存在无奈。在这个意义上,《历史名人的心理传记》亦有助于增进我们对“自我”本身的理解。

The human mind is subtly hidden and hard for imitation,and the presence of the psychological complex occasionally influence the way of life.This is true in ordinary men and so are the historical celebrities.As a new way of understanding the inner life of individuals,psychological biography not only marks a different path of psychological research,but also makes a meticulously detailed description of the psychological complex in historical celebrities.In this sense,“Psychological Biography of Historical Celebrities”dissects the suspense events in history from the psychological perspectives and has a deep interpretation ofthe psychological complex and life path of eight historical celebrities such as Lin Huiyin,Xiang Yu and Wu Zetian.By means of blending the historical and psychological horizons,it is seen that historical celebrities are human,and they not be anything but human.Regardless of fabulous lives and great achievements,he essentially is a human,with the psychological complex and helplessness of a human.In this context,“Psychological Biography of Historical Celebrities”can alsofacilitate us to enhance the understanding of self.