挑战者庄华兴及其研究读〈实践跨界主体：试论庄华兴的马华文学论述与翻译〉书后

The Challenger Chong Fah Hing and His ResearchPerspectives on “Practicing Transcultural Subjectivity: An Analysis of Chong Fah Hing's Scholarship on Malaysian Chinese Literature and His Translation Praxis”

Abstract

庄华兴敎授在华人研究，尤其是文学史与文化史方面，皆扮演开创性的角色。先生勤学，道途未必坦平，却有几个关键时刻值得留意，然学界未曾深论之。读苏颖欣，吴小保合着〈实践跨界主体：试论庄华兴的马华文学论述与翻译〉一文后，有感庄华兴的学术研究、翻译以及社会评论，不但致力于跨语际文化研究，重厘「马华-华马」的新议题，对社会族群、教育与知识文化方面，亦有精深独到之处。本文旨在绘出庄华兴的学术、翻译与评论实践图像，以显马华知识人的忧患与践行。

Professor Chong Fah Hing has been a pioneering figure in Chinese diaspora studies, particularly in literary and cultural history. Despite the challenges along his academic trajectory, several pivotal moments in his career merit deeper scholarly attention. Building on insights from Show Yin Xing and Goh Siew Poh’s study, “Practicing Cross-Boundary Subjectivity: A Preliminary Discussion of Chuang Hua-hsing’s Mahua Literary Discourse and Translation,” this article argues that Chong’s scholarly research, translation practice, and social commentary collectively advance cross-linguistic and cross-cultural inquiry, while reshaping the discourse on “Mahua–Huama” relations. His interventions further reflect critical and original perspectives on social ethnicity, education, and intellectual culture. This paper seeks to delineate the contours of Chong Fah Hing’s academic, translational, and critical practices, thereby illuminating the anxieties, responsibilities, and praxis of a contemporary Mahua intellectual.