再评李渔：“帮闲”或是勇士

摘要

Li Yu,ancient culture celebrity,has been difficult to obtain definite assessment.and there were completely opposite views on him.Zhong Mingqi,in his work “New Comment on Li Yu as Pen-ster”,reiterated the famous judgment of Lu Xun.But from the arguments cited by Mr.Zhong,there are still obvious flaws and the conclusion is debatable.To understand Li Yu,it is necessary to adhere to the principle of “sympathy based on understanding.”In the transition between Ming and Qing Dy-nasties,Li Yu was anything but a shameless despicable person.On the contrary,he was a persistent warrior in pursuit of independent life and free thinking,and served as a genuine model of the individu-alism at the end of Ming Dynasty.%李渔一直是难以获得定评的古代文化名人，而且持论各方常常观点完全相左。钟明奇先生在《重评李渔“帮闲”说》一文中，重申了鲁迅先生的著名论断。但从钟先生所列举的论据来看，仍然存在明显漏洞，结论值得商榷。理解李渔这样的文化存在，必须秉承“了解之同情”的原则。回到明清易代时的生存时空背景，李渔非但不是无耻可鄙之人，相反他是一位为谋求独立生活、自由思考而执着坚持的勇士，是晚明个人主义思潮真正的代表。