《王荆公传》:梁启超新史学活态实践的一个突出文本

Biography of Wang Jinggong:An Outstanding Text of Liang Qichao’s Practice of New Historiography

梁启超作为世纪之交中国学术现代转型的关键人物,以其流质善变的文化特质张扬了过渡时期的时代向标。突破传统史学纪传体的藩篱,《王荆公传》采纳章节体叙述方式,将王安石的生平事迹融进国运和社会发展中进行考察,彰显了史学为现实政治服务的社会取向。贴近现代文化生态来辨诬翻案,梁启超创建了深具性情的人物传记书写模式,为我国史传加速向现代嬗变并早日与国际接轨开辟新路。具有独特的时代论断和角色自喻色彩的《王荆公传》标举了新史学的活态样本。

Liang Qichao,a key figure in the transformation of Chinese academic modernization at the turn of the century,with his fluid and changeable cultural characteristics,publicized the era direction of the transitional period.Breaking through the barriers of the traditional historical biography,his Biography of Wang Jinggong adopted the narrative method of division by chapters,integrating Wang Anshi's life and deeds into his investigation of the social development and national destiny of modern China and highlighting Liang’s idea of historiography serving the real politics.Overturning the previous verdict and defending against false accusations in light of modern cultural ecology,Liang Qichao established a mode of writing biographies with deep temperament,opened up a new way to speed up the evolution and transition of China's historical biography to the modern zeitgeist and connect with the international community as soon as possible.Liang’s Biography of Wang Jinggong,with its unique judgment and self-role metaphor,constitutes a living sample of new history.