林语堂早期“立人”思想略论

On Lin Yutang′s Thought of "Helping Others to Establish Themselves"as Shown by His Early Writings

"立人"思想是"五四"时期许多激进知识分子共同的启蒙思想,林语堂也以"浮躁凌厉"的姿态极力呼唤"科学"、主张"欧化"和提倡"幽默",以改造国民的劣根性,其目的与视点迥异于鲁迅等其他知识分子,表现了他"立人"思想的独特性和丰富性。对此问题的研究,有助于更深刻、完整地了解林语堂的人文思想的复杂性。

The thought of 'helping others to establish themselves'was the thought of Enlightenment sharing by many intellectuals with radical point of view during the period of May 4th Movement.In order to transform deep rooted bad habit of nationals,Lin Yutang also did his utmost to call for'science'and to advocate'Europeanization'and to recommend 'humour'in an impetuous and swift and fierce gesture.His purpose and point of sight were quite different from those of Lu Xun and other intellectuals in showing the uniqueness and the richness of his thought of'helping others to establish themselves'.The researeh on this issue is conducive to a deeper and integrated understanding the complexity of Lin Yutang′s outlook of humanism.