由《毛颖传》的文体归属看古典“传记”的特质

A Study on the Characteristics of Chinese Classical Biography from the Stylistic Attrbution of Biography of a Brushpen

以毛笔为传主、虚构成文的《毛颖传》,在古代多被纳入“传记”的范畴。究其原因,从《毛颖传》文本本身而言,这与韩愈在创作中对史传的叙述模式、人物形象、文风的仿拟有关;从传记本体角度而言,这在于以“史部之传”“集部之传”为代表的古典“传记”的概念与范围不定,具有极强的包容性。由此,我们在使用传记文体概念时,特别需要注意古典“传记”的这一特征。

Biography of a Brushpen,a fictional biography in which a brushpen is chosen as the biographical subject,was mostly included in the category of biography in ancient China.In terms of the text itself,it is related to Han Yu's imitation of the narrative,characterization and writing style of historical biography.From the perspective of biographical ontology,it is because the concept and scope of Chinese classical biography,typically the historical biography and literary biography,are blurred and extremely inclusive.Therefore,when using the concept of Chinese classical biography,more attention should be paid to this characteristic.