《花煞》與當代文學對基督教的再認識

HUA SHA AND CHRISTIAN THOUGHT

王列耀(Wang Lie-yao)

《建道學刊》 5期 (1996/01) Pp. 241-252

摘要

本文指出，由於中國近代社會思想依然圍繞著啟蒙－－救亡這一旋律而波動，不論是反對或是親和基督教思想的中國作家，都來不及或顧不到對教案這一歷史現象作出正面、直接的反思。因而，當代中青年著名作家葉兆言的長篇歷史小說《花煞》面世時，便因其選材的特別，引起了人們對當代歷史研究與當代藝術思維走向的注視。葉兆言試圖以個體、歷史，以及人為觀察對象的方式，重新審視已經過去了的複雜的人。《花煞》也給教案題材的文學作品，啟示一條以複雜代替簡單、以冷靜代替激越的多向性思維之路。

並列摘要

The article points out that contemporary Chinese social thinking still encircles around and fluctuates along the ＂Enlightenment-Salvation＂ theme, therefore Chinese writers, whether for or against Christian thoughts, do not pay enough attention to the historical phenomenon of ＂Missionary Incidents＂ (教案). A contemporary, young, Chinese writer, Yieh Chou Yen (葉兆言), writes a long historical novel, entitled Hua Sha (《花煞》), that depicts this phenomenon. The novel has gained much attention from the scholarly and literary worlds, who have historical and artistic interests. Yieh attempts to look anew at the complex, controversial narrative and event from the individual, historical and humanistic perspectives. Hua Sha is an artistic, literary work that reveals multi-track thinking, such thinking proposes complexity rather than simplicity, calm analysis rather than impulsive passion.