英文摘要 |
This article focuses on the relationship between He Lin and Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi) to investigate Chiang's attitude toward Chinese intellectuals and its influence on their choice whether to stay in the Mainland in 1949, as well as their fate in the Communist thought reform movements of the 1950s. He Lin was noted for his scholarship on Spinoza and Hegel, translations of Western philosophical works into Chinese, and promotion of New Confucian philosophy in the 1930s and 1940s. During the Sino-Japanese War, supporting Chiang's rule and his philosophy of practice, He Lin belonged to ”The Warring States School” and ”The School of Thought and Times Magazine” along with such scholars as Lin Tongji, Lei Haizong, Zhang Qiyun, and Qian Mu. The relationship between He and Chiang was based on political and cultural nationalism. He Lin advocated the philosophy of loyalty and criticized both communism and liberalism, and thus was highly praised by Chiang. What is intriguing in He’s life is that in 1949 he decided to stay in the Mainland instead of going to Taiwan with Chiang. He was then subject to thorough thought reform by the Chinese Communists and joined the party at the age of 80. This intellectual change is clearly reflected in the two different editions of his book entitled Contemporary Chinese Philosophy-in the 1945 edition he praised Chiang while in the 1986 edition he criticized Chiang and praised Mao. The case of He Lin indicates the different strategies taken toward intellectuals by Chiang and Mao Zedong and vividly reveals the predicament of Chinese intellectuals in the twentieth century. |