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spiritual son of Stendhal， who devoted himself to passionate love while examining
himself and his emotion with a rational mind. Mme. de Rênal， who carried “the love of
the heart”， was the personification of the natural. She was true to herself at every
moment. This unpretentious love of the heart inspired Julien’s impulsion to extricate
himself from the hypocrisy， and also resulted in a love affair oscillating between the
natural and the hypocritical. Mathilde， who incarnated “the love of the mind”，
challenged Julien to win his laurels with her unique sharpness and intellect， while at
the same time discerned the annihilation of these honors during the Bourbon
Restoration. These two storylines are symmetrical in the book， but simultaneously
interlace with one another， showing the three protagonists inspiring each other in a
stormy and passionate love and reflecting the spirit of the new and old in the post鄄
revolutionary era. The love stimulated them to overcome the vanity and the egotism， to
free themselves from the hypocrisy and affectation prevailing during the time of the
Bourbon Restoration， as well as to uncover their deepest motivations and original
impulses. This passionate love is accompanied with inner struggles at different aspects
of the self that inspire the emergence of the authentic self to rid of the annihilation or
even the alienation of the self under the pressure of social convention and public
opinions， and finally accomplish the spiritual crystallization of the authentic self.
Keywords：The Red and the Black， the authentic self， the love of the heart， the love of
the mind， Stendhal

19 世纪初的法国，政治是戏剧化的。 轰轰烈烈的大革命黯然落幕，
革命风暴之后的颓败，被窒息的激情留下一地狼藉；拿破仑帝国一度威
震欧洲，却终究英雄陨落，被冷却的热情让光荣与梦想化为泡影。 人们
迷失于两个幻境之间的空虚与无措：一个是被摧毁的过去，但波旁王朝
残腐僵化的东西依旧在其废墟上蠢蠢欲动；一个是尚待展开的未来，大
革命所勾勒的理想国如海市蜃楼般逝去了，却依旧印刻在人们心上。 在
复辟王朝的政治舞台上，充斥着变色龙与风信鸡：往昔对革命狂热不已
的人，如今却仿佛如梦初醒、看破一切；曾经誓死仇恨王权的人，如今又
向宪章宣誓；不久前还疯狂追随拿破仑的人，转眼间又为王室宫廷的优
雅精致所陶醉。 就像刚刚谢幕的演员，没过多久又重回舞台，却已在后
台变更了服饰与徽章、 观点与言行。 这是红与黑交错凝结的时代，“伪

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