纵欲、挥霍和现代资本主义精神——读赛珍珠《大地三部曲》(第一部)

分析指出,赛珍珠在《大地三部曲》(第一部)中,讲述了淮北贫苦农民王龙发迹以及地主黄家衰败的故事。王龙发迹后没有那么快衰败,但也开始纵欲和挥霍。他和前资本主义时代所有的暴发户一样,体现的不是从禁欲主义发展而来的现代资本主义精神,而是随心所欲的自然主义。这种自然主义人生观,不仅导致家业衰败,而且影响现代资本主义的产生与发展。

Lechery,squander and the spirit of modern capitalism

Pearl Buck’s the First Department of The House of Earth told that the story of the successful development of marginal farmers’ Wang Long and the downfall of landlords’ the Huangs in Huaibei.Then Wang Long had the successful development,he had downfall slowly,but he had started lechery and squander.He liked the upstart in the era of pre-modern capitalism.This does not embody the spirit of modern capitalism from development of asceticism,but naturalism of arbitrariness.The naturalistic view of life,not only leads to the family decline,but also affects the emergence and development of modern capitalism.