红楼三人行:王国维、蔡元培、毛泽东(上)

Three Pedestrians of Red Mansion: Wang Guowei, Cai Yuanpei and Mao Zedong(Part Ⅰ)

在20世纪有关《红楼梦》的评论中,王国维、蔡元培、毛泽东的论述始终比较重要。他们均非专业意义上的红学家,但对红学、文学研究以及文化思想影响极大,涉及理论与文本、中国与西方、文学与政治等诸多方面。本文作者30年前曾写过《在一部小说面前:王国维、蔡元培、毛泽东》一文,对3人的红学论述作过初步评论,现在旧题新论,一方面分析《红楼梦》在什么意义上承受着不同主义的阐释,另一方面也说明一部小说如何进入现代文化生活。

Among the comments on A Dream in Red Mansions in the 20th century, Wang Guowei, Cai Yuanpei and Mao Zedong are always thought as important figures. Although none of them are Red Scientists in professional sense, they exert a great influence on the study of Red Sciences, literary studies and cultural thoughts, covering theories and texts, China and the West, literature and politics, etc. This paper analyzes in what sense A Dream in Red Mansions is interpreted by different theories, meanwhile, it also explains how a novel enters modern cultural life.