中国工商业者当代命运的侧影——《考工记》中的人宅纠葛与命运浮沉

Reflection of the Contemporary Destiny of Chinese Businessmen——The Entanglement between Man and House and the Ups and Downs of Fate in Kao Gong Ji

王安忆的《考工记》描写了从20世纪40年代到新世纪陈家祖宅的兴衰历史和工商世家子弟陈书玉的个人生活史,二者命运相连、互为写照。老宅经历了从显官府邸到巨商豪宅,从私人宅第到公共空间,从重归私权到文物古迹的转变;而陈书玉对老宅的情感也发生了从彼此离心到相濡以沫的转变。小说透过时代风雨中陈家祖宅的沧桑变迁、工商世家子弟陈书玉与老宅的复杂纠葛和工商后裔“西厢四小开”的沉浮命运这一独特截面,展示了中国工商业者在当代的心灵图谱与命运轨迹。

Wang Anyi′s Kao Gong Ji has described the history of the prosperity and decline of the Chen′s ancestral house from the 1940s to the new century,and the personal life history of Chen Shuyu,a family member of the industrial and commercial family.The destinies of the two are linked and serve as portrayals of each other.The old house has undergone a transformation from the official residence to the giant merchant′s house,from a private house to a public space,from the return of private property rights to cultural relics;and Chen Shuyu′s affection for the old house has also changed from being alienated to relying on each other.Through the unique historical cross-section of vicissitudes of the Chen′s ancestral house in the changes of times,the complicated entanglement between Chen Shuyu,the son of a family of industrialists and businessmen,and the ancestral house,and the ups and downs of fate of descendants of businessmen“Four wealthy sons in the West Chamber”,the novel shows the spiritual map and fate track of Chinese businessmen in the contemporary era.