马修·阿诺德的Hebraism及其在中文语境的延伸解读

The Interpretation of Matthew Arnold’s Hebraism in the Chinese Context

20世纪以降,中西学术界都盛行以"两希"来表达西方文化与知识传统中的二元对立,在这两个概念的运用和表述上也存在因不断赋予其新的内涵而导致的混淆不清的情况。不过,中国学术界对"两希"中的"希伯来精神"(Hebraism)的翻译、解读及误读颇具中国特色。本文结合马修·阿诺德在《文化与无政府状态》中对"希伯来精神与希腊精神"的表述,分析Hebraism的本意、引申意义及其在中国的误读现象。

Over the past century, in both Western and Chinese academia, Hellenism and Hebraism have often been used together to represent the oppositions in Western cultural and intellectual tradition. Because of the continuous reformulation and different application of the two terms, there exist confusing and conflicting interpretations in contemporary Chinese and Western scholarships. Nevertheless, the translation, interpretation and misunderstanding of Hebraism in China are typically Chinese. By focusing on Matthew Arnold’s "Hellenism and Hebraism", this paper analyzes the primary meaning and connotation of Hebraism and its misreading in China.