Luo Hsiang-Lin：A Confucian Intellectual

• Main Authors: Hsien-Tso Huang, 黃憲作
• Other Authors: Kun-Yang Yan
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/81562842492660604436

博士 === 國立東華大學 === 中國語文學系 === 99 === This paper mainly discussed the studies carried out by Luo Hsiang-Lin from Japanese occupation period to postwar R.O.C period. According to his ideas and acts, he could be classified into the Confucian intellectual. The title “intellectual” originated from the modern concept of west world and its connotation changed especially after “Dreyfus affair”. It referred to people who were knowledgeable, free and groundless, never relied on political system and interest group, which could guarantee the pursuit for truth and judgment for morality, surpass the benefits of each stratum and party and act as the representative of social conscience and rationality. Confucian intellectuals were the representatives who undertake both the Confucian orthodoxy and political orthodoxy since “exclusive dedication to Confucianism” theory were advocated by traditional Chinese empire; they were also the spokespersons of China traditional social ethics and morality. There were huge differences between Chinese and Western intellectuals. Western intellectuals had already obtained their detached standpoint after their modernization. However, Confucian intellectuals were on behalf of the upper class in ideology to implant and spread it to the lower class; consequently, they consciously or unconsciously became tools for the authority to establish their cultural hegemony. Luo Hsiang-Lin was born in 1895. At that time, Taiwan had already occupied by Japan. In order to maintain the nationalism ideology, Luo Hsiang-Lin insisted in spreading Han nationality' culture and providing scholars' educational service to fight with colonial administration. Ultimately, his family was ruined; he had to move to Hualian and was respected by all the people there. When the war was over, February 28th Incident happened because of inappropriate policies when the R.O.C took over Taiwan. The Taiwanese who had a national dream were inspired the awareness of Taiwan consciousness after realizing the real feature of China. At that time, Luo Hsiang-Lin stepped forward to lead “Sinicization”. The R.O.C deeply believed that the resistance of Taiwanese was resulted from the serious “enslavement” by Japanese colonial rule; therefore, they tried to rebuild Chinese traditional culture to establish their cultural hegemony for governance legality and validity. Luo Hsiang-Lin not only served as the chief editor of “Hualian County Annals”, but also assisted in article submitting and photograph taking for “Overall History of Taiwan” (places of interest). He always tried his best in no matter grand narratives or petit narrative permitted by the government; however, he found the homeland in his eye－Taiwan－had changed a lot during the modernization process and Hualian was also in the process of changing. Fortunately, he kept the original simple appearance in his previous photographs. Therefore, he published “Ode Hualien Scenery”, “One Hundred Rustic Songs” and “The Second One Hundred Rustic Songs” by himself to criticize modernization. However, Luo Hsiang-Lin didn’t realize that the modern society which created Confucian culture crisis was industrialization policy which he fully supported. Contradictions like it were universal in Confucian intellectuals, which should be deeply considered.