近代教育史家陈青之的生平与志业——兼论教育出版上的“陈青之现象”

Study on the Phenomenon of‘History of Chinese Education’by Chen Qing-zhi in Educational Publishing

陈青之“十年磨一剑”写就的《中国教育史》,几乎费去了他壮年时的光阴和精力,自出版后就好评如潮,被列入“大学丛书”系列,作为部定教材来使用。其后因社会形势的变化,这部作品沉寂了四十年之久,后作为唯一一部中国教育通史性质的著作入选“民国丛书”,然而学界还没有能够给他及他的作品以应有的地位。直到新世纪以来,才完全改换过来,他的著作获得了青睐,多家出版社予以再版,以至于形成教育出版上罕见的“陈青之现象”。这种现象的背后,既有经济的考虑,更有学术的肯定,历史在这里展现了它自身的辩证法。居于今日,透过现象,分析其人、其书,对于后学不无启发意义。

“Ten years of grinding one sword”,Chen Qing-zhi’s“The History of Chinese Education”has almost cost the time and energy of his prime.Since the publication,it has received rave reviews and was included in the“college-textbook series”,using as a textbook prescribed by the Ministry of Education.Later,due to changes in the social situation,this work was silenced for forty years.After that,as the only book on the general history of Chinese education,it was selected into the“Republic of China Series”.However,the academia has not been able to give corresponding status to Chen and Chen’s work.It was not until the new century that it was completely changed.His work was favored,and many publishers reprinted it,which led to the rare“Chen Qing-zhi phenomenon”in educational publishing.There are both economic considerations and academic affirmations behind this phenomenon.History shows its own dialectics here.Living today,through the phenomenon,analyzing the person and his books is instructive for later studies.