20世纪以来中国散文起源研究述评

A Review of the Study of the Origin of Chinese Prose Since the 20th Century

自20世纪初期以来,虽然研究中国散文起源的专著还没有见到,但是许多相关的著作和少数专文的存在,表明学界对于散文起源的探索从来没有停止过。到目前为止,关于散文的起源,存在散文起源于记事、渊源于文字和起源于语言三种说法,其中最为可信的是记事说。关于散文起源的时间,20世纪前期的夏代说缺乏说服力,而20世纪后期以来的商代说又似过于谨慎。新的散文起源夏代说则正在兴起中。

Since the beginning of the 20th Century,though the study of the origin of Chinese prose works have not been seen,many related works and the few existing articles show that the exploration for the prose origin have never stopped in the academic circle.So far,about the origin of the prose,there have been three viewpoints:originated from record,originated from characters and originated from spoken language.The most credible is the viewpoint of record.On the prose origin time,the viewpoint of Xia Dynasty popular at early 20th century lacks convincing,while the viewpoint of Shang Dynasty prevailing since the late 20th century is too cautious.The new viewpoint is that it is originated from the Xia Dynasty is now emerging.