臺靜農「國立編譯館時期」的閱讀視野與雜文書寫

The Literary Preferences and Miscellaneous Writings of Tai Jingnong during His Time at the National Institute for Compilation and Translation

本論文經由爬梳臺靜農家屬捐贈給臺大圖書館特藏的大批書信、手稿等資料，就其任職於國立編譯館期間的閱讀視野與雜文書寫進行考掘，深入釐析臺靜農從新文學創作者到古典文學研究者之間的轉化過程。根據新發掘的各種資料，本文指出：「國立編譯館時期」的史料整理工作，促成了臺靜農日後治學與為文的「史料轉向」，它為渡海前的臺靜農開通了廣納史料文獻的治學之道，讓這位曾經戮力於新文藝的青年作家重回歷史傳統，從而融會轉化，逐漸醞釀出會通古今的文學研究與書寫實踐。撰寫於此一時期的系列雜文「白沙讀史箚記」，則上承明清以來的文人讀書筆記，下啟《龍坡雜文》中的談文論藝之文，並為臺靜農在編譯館時期的「讀史」，銘刻下感時憂世的時代印記。

This paper reexamines Tai Jingnong’s literary preferences and miscellaneous writings during his term of employment at the National Institute for Compilation and Translation by investigating a comprehensive collection of letters, manuscripts, and other materials donated to the National Taiwan University Library by Tai’s family. Accordingly, this paper explicates Tai’s academic and literary transition from being a writer of New Literature to a scholar of classical literature. Drawing on recent findings from a wide range of archival sources, this study argues that Tai’s work experience of organizing historical materials during his“National Institute for Compilation and Translation period”contributed to his later academic and literary pursuits of a“historical material turn,”which paved the way for Tai’s incorporation of diverse historical materials and sources into his research approach before his relocation to Taiwan. As Tai was a young writer who had once devoted himself to New Literature and Art, his work experience facilitated a return to historical traditions and gradually reshaped his literary style and practices that encompassed a thorough understanding of both the past and the present world. Tai’s series of essays—Notes Taken while Studying Histories at Bai Sha—written during his time at the National Institute for Compilation and Translation, not only echoes the literary tradition of Notes in the Ming-Qing period, but also lays the foundation for his essays on literature and art in Long Po Miscellaneous Writings. As such, Tai’s experience of“studying history”during his work period was engraved with his strong sentiments and anxiety about the political situation and cultural upheavals of his era.