从家庭伦理关系变化看中国近代社会的变迁——赛珍珠《大地》三部曲主题解读

On the Changes of Modern Chinese Society through the Changes of Family Ethical Relation——Interpretation of the Theme of Pearl Buck’s Trilogy The Good Earth

美国作家赛珍珠因独特的人生经历与文化背景,敏锐地把握住了中国传统社会中伦理本位的特点及其内在本质。在长篇小说《大地》三部曲中,作家通过描绘主人公王龙一家祖孙三代之间父子关系、夫妻关系和整个家庭伦理关系的变化,形象地再现了在西方资本主义政治、经济和文化入侵的背景下,中国传统家庭伦理观念逐步瓦解,新的家庭伦理观念孕育和发展的历史进程,从而折射出新的社会伦理、政治伦理、经济关系和文化心态,反映了中国社会从传统向现代的转换,也体现了作家对中国社会未来命运以及中西文化关系的思考。

Due to her unique life experience and cultural background, American female writer Pearl S.Buck keenly grasps the characteristics and intrinsic nature of ethical standards in traditional Chinese society.Her trilogy The Good Earth, which portrays the changes in the relationship between father and son, husband and wife, and the ethical relationship of the whole family among the three generations of the protagonist Wang Long’s family, vividly represents a gradual collapse of traditional Chinese ethical concepts and the historical process of the birth and development of new family ethics under the circumstance of political, economical and cultural invasion of western capitalism.This new family ethics reflects the new social ethics, political ethics, economic relations and cultural mentality, as well as the transition from traditional to modern Chinese society.It also conveys the writer’s thinking about the future destiny of Chinese society and the relationship between Chinese and Western cultures.