蘇雪林「論魯迅」之謎

The Enigma of Su Xuelin and Lu Xun

阿英早在三十年代已評蘇雪林為中國「女性作家中最優秀的散文者」。蘇雪林又是留學法國，在學術界有地位的教授， 但她那麼溫柔的作者一旦突然那樣激烈地反對魯迅，而且潑婦駡街似的給他鞭屍，「幾乎成了（她的）伴生事業」，甚至於對她自己的名譽和職業都有損失。更棘手的是魯迅還在的時候，蘇雪林對他的著作一直予以很高的評價。所以她為什麼後來要這樣反對變成了魯迅研究界以及現代中國文學研究界裡的一個「謎」。中國大陸若干學者推測蘇雪林與魯迅有個人恩怨，可是他們找不到證據。因此這個謎至今還沒有得到一個有說服力的解。本論文的美國澳洲作者曾在戒嚴時期的臺灣留學，目前試圖從歷史角度重新評論蘇雪林在臺灣海峽兩邊知識與輿論界裡扮的角色，以便解這個謎。

Xuelin “the greatest writer of literary prose among all women authors.” A returned student from France, Su had also achieved academic rank and position. But her sudden and vitriolic attack on Lu Xun shortly after his death turned into what she herself came to describe as “an enterprise which has taken up nearly half my life,” and which in turn may well have had negative repercussions on her own reputation and career. For this reason, the question of what motivated these attacks has become a puzzle both to scholars of Lu Xun studies and within the field of modern Chinese literary history in general. Various scholars on mainland China have offered theories, but none have brought forth decisive evidence. The American-Australian author of this paper, who studied Chinese literature and philosophy in Taiwan during the martial law era, attempts to offer a way forward by re-situating the “puzzle” within its original historical contexts, both on the mainland and in Taiwan.