Qian Chinese's Collected Writings (a total of five volumes) was recently published by the China Social Sciences Press. The "Anthology" Systematically Includes The Famous Literary and Art Theorists and Critics The Russian Literary Expert Mr. Qian Chinese's Achievements in Literary and Art Thesis in the collection is all selected by Mr. Qian Chinese himself, and all of them are representative works of his academic career, and each volume strives to display Mr. Qian Chinese's research achievements in different categories through different contents and aspects, in order to introduce Mr. Qian Chinese's academic thoughts and academic achievements in depth The anthology is a comprehensive summary of Mr. Qian Chinese's academic achievements over the years It can not only show the academic path that a scholar has painstakingly and diligently walked, but also can see from it that some of the achievements and developments in various fields of philosophy and social science on the mainland in the past few decades, especially since the reform and opening up, can be said to be a very meaningful thing to publish the collected works of these famous artists
The following text is excerpted from the "Anthology" and is Mr. Qian Chinese's self-description:
Man's survival is a process of continuous selection, and the conditions of social existence are constantly changing, and you have to adapt, or give transformation, or resist, and this is the choice In fact, society people are also choosing, and they are constantly choosing, choosing, and choosing people in the process of adaptation and transformation to realize his self-creation to meet the needs of society, which is the expression of his value and essence
In the early 1980s, when Sartre's idea of existence preceding essence was introduced to the mainland, it also caused a small storm For old-school people, Sartre's view was naturally difficult to accept; And for people like me who just want to settle down and live a life engaged in learning, I don't want to participate in the debate, but I just think in my heart, isn't life just like that, isn't it constant self-selection? Existence is constantly changing, my existence is being pushed and changing by people, everyone is changing, constantly changing, constantly making new choices, can I sit still like Mount Tai? I also have to choose, first of all to make self-selection
In the years of reflection in the early 80s, I finally began to seriously think about my existence, which is a existence that should have its own value, an independent existence that collapses and lets it collapse, irreparable As a person, I should find myself in existence This "self" is actually very small I just want to maintain my own bloodiness and conscience after a catastrophe Pity and sympathy, sincerity and integrity, believe in justice and justice, abide by the bottom line of being a person, the bottom line of morality, and so on I will not and cannot afford to prevent others from gaining power, because power has always been the power of a person with power to give himself the power of power, the gift of power given by a person of power, but this self as a scholar, for me, is extremely important how to find the self academically, to become an academic personality This choice is very difficult, but it should be completed, otherwise how can A person be self-reliant? How can you be self-reliant as an academic person? The arbitrary way of thinking, for decades, has inhibited the infinite possibilities of thought and the vitality of academic personality
A new ideological emancipation movement began in the early 1980s Looking back on the good times that have passed, my heart is always aching, but what can I do? In the case of mutation in survival, only by adapting and choosing can we gain a new life Reform and opening up have enabled me and young people to actually stand on the same starting line, learning to be like the gushing waters going east, not giving up day and night
In 1980, I found American literary theoretical works by Soviets and Germans, although some of these books were written in the late 40s and some were published in the mid-70s, but for me who had been closed for decades, there was a sense of freshness for me The following year, at the behest of Mr. Xu Zhongyu, at the National Seminar on Literary and Art Theory held in Guangzhou, two representative American and Soviet literary treatises were introduced, which aroused the freshness and interest of many participants
In the following years, foreign literary theories and literary and artistic ideological trends surged to the mainland like a tidal wave, and all kinds of different literary theoretical schools were dazzling, and they were displayed in front of us With so many things to read, they were really dizzy for a while, and finally an unprecedented excellent situation appeared in the literary theory circles. However, as soon as they were introduced, those foreign literary methods and concepts that did not have much understanding and did not do much research were all declared as new methods and new concepts, thinking that once they were transplanted, the future of the development of literary theories on the mainland would certainly be bright and prosperous, auspicious and auspicious
I personally participated in organizing this process, and in this near-competition for survival, many ideas shook me, enriched me, and transformed me This is an era of rapid progress, an era in which a few years are better than a few decades From 1978 to 1980, I reflected on my old literary concepts and literary styles, and tried to eliminate the influence of ultra-left literary and artistic trends that I suffered in the following years, on the basis of a relatively deep understanding of various Western literary and artistic ideas, I gradually formed some of my own views on literary issues. For the many issues and debates at that time, most of them were not involved, of course, it needed to be argued, but it was more important to clarify, I tried to explore the problems I set, of course, some of my articles, on many controversial issues, still expressed my views, but more positively explained, in this regard, only a few friends understand my intentions In the extremely tense survival, I tried my best to find a green space of my own
Qian Chinese, male, Han ethnicity, native of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, born in November 1932 Graduated from the Russian Department of Chinese Min University in 1955, graduated from the Graduate Department of the Department of Russian Language and Literature of Moscow University in 1959, and is now a member of the Honorary Faculty of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a researcher of the Institute of Literature, a professor of the Graduate School, a doctoral supervisor, the president of the Chinese and foreign literary and art theory Society, and an honorary member of the National Committee of the Chinese Writers Association
Author of the monograph "Gogol and His Art of Irony", "Realism and Modernism", "Principles of Literature - Theory of Development", "Schools of Literary Theory and the Spirit of National Culture", "Literary Theory: Towards the Era of Interaction and Dialogue", "Theory of Literary Development", "Theory of New Rational Spirit of Literature", "Qian Chinese Academic Culture Essay", "The New Rational Spirit of Literature", "Literary Principles - Development Theory" (revised version); Chief Editor of "Research on the Methodology of Literary and Art Theory", "Literary Theory: Review and Prospect", "Literary Theory: Facing the New Century", "Modern Transformation of Ancient Chinese Literary Theory", "Construction of Literary and Art Theory" Series (7 titles, cooperation) "Literature and Art Construction Series in the New Period", 36 kinds; "Modern Foreign Literary and Art Theory Translation Series" (14 kinds, cooperation) "Bakhtin Complete Works" (7 volumes, cooperation) "Reading the World" 6 kinds of translation of the novel "Modern Pastoral Song" ([Russian] Shedlin, co-translation) and other "Literary Principles - Development Theory" won the Chinese Academy of Sciences 1977-1991 Excellent Scientific Research Achievement Award National Excellent Book Nomination Award Thesis "Problems of Modernity in Literary Theory" won the second Lu Xun Literature Award
Source: U.S.-China Times Mei Zongbao