许纪霖
【摘 要】钱端升是民国自由知识分子当中一个难以归类的人物，他有深切的家国天下关怀，一生扮演了政治学家和时评家双重角色。作为公众知识分子的钱端升，不仅有信念伦理，也有责任伦理，他艰难地力图在这二者之间保持适当的平衡，因此成为一个有现实感的自由知识分子。在20世纪三四十年代，他有过两次重要的转变，从主张开明威权变为赞成联合政府，再变为认同中共新政权。在其多变的表层背后有其不变的原则：力图在秩序中实现变革和寻求国家的中心势力。钱端升的一生，可以丈量出现代中国知识分子思想的深度与限度。
关键词：钱端升；自由主义；威权主义；知识分子
Abstract: Qian Duansheng was unique among the liberal intellectuals during the Republican era. He had deep concern for his country, and played the twin roles of political scientist and public intellectual throughout his life. As a public intellectual, Qian not only believed in “ethics of conviction,” but also believed in “ethics of responsibility.” By trying to find a nuanced balance among the two, he became a liberal intellectual with deep care for the real world. He experienced two major changes between 1930s and 1940s. His support of benevolent authoritarianism first changed to the support of a united government, and then further changed to the support of the Communist government. There were also consistency among his changes, that was his pursuit of changes with political order and the emphasis on the state as the central authority. Qian’s life represented the depth and also limits of Chinese intellectual thinking.
Key words: Qian Daunsheng, Liberalism, Authoritarianism, Intellectual