“知识分子”及其“应物”之道——李洱长篇小说《应物兄》读札

Intellectuals and the Ways of Respond to Things——Reading of Li Er's Novel Ying Wuxiong

李洱长篇小说《应物兄》以济州大学筹建儒学研究院为主线,以济州大学教授应物兄为主要人物和叙事视点,勾连政、商、文、教等社会各个层面,叙写当下纷纭复杂的社会现实。小说通过“应物兄”生平事功和为人处世情状的叙写和刻画,对以其为代表的人文知识分子如何“应物”进行了反省和思考。不仅如此,小说还进而对每一个个体甚至我们整个的文明困境进行了揭示,对身处当下时代语境的我们每一个人如何更好地应对自己、应对他人、应对世界进行了探索。

Li Er’s novel Ying Wuxiong,taking preparations for the Institute of Confucianism at Jizhou University as the main line,taking Professor Ying Wuxiong of Jizhou University as the main character and narrative point of view,Contact with all levels of society,such as politics,commerce,culture and education,describe the current complex social reality.Through the description and depiction of Ying Wuxiong’s life achievements and his feelings of dealing with people,the novel introspects and ponders on how humanistic intellectuals like him“respond to things”.Not?only?that,the novel also reveals the dilemma of each individual and even our whole civilization,and explores how each of us in the context of the current era can better deal with the ourselves,others and world.