论梅尧臣诗“化丑为美”的审美倾向

唐代是中国古代诗歌艺术的极盛时期,宋代文人面对这种局面另辟蹊径,寻求复古,为力矫晚唐“西昆体”的华丽繁富做出了不懈的努力。北宋梅尧臣在诗歌艺术方面,以其平淡的诗风,奠定了宋诗的基调,因此被视为宋初诗坛的“开山祖师”。梅诗存世三千余首,题材丰富,风格多样。梅尧臣坚持“以俗为雅”“化丑为美”的诗学审美,大量将生活琐事、俗人、俗物等反映现实,富有生活气息的题材引入诗歌,甚至刻意刻画其丑态。梅尧臣这种创作审美倾向饱受后世的争议,颇遭诟病,但其平淡诗风和“以俗为雅”“化丑为美”的审丑意识对宋代文坛的诗学审美风尚却产生了实质性的深远影响。

The ancient Chinese poetry art flourished in the Tang Dynasty,so that the later generations could not match it.The scholars of the Song Dynasty found a new way to seek for retro,and made unremitting efforts to redress the luxuriance and richness of the"Xikun Style"in the late Tang Dynasty.As the founder of the poetry circle in the early Song Dynasty,Mei Yaochen of the Northern Song Dynasty had a profound influence on the literary circle of the Song Dynasty with his plain style of poetry and his aesthetic tendency of"taking vulgarity as elegance"and"turning ugliness into beauty".