从韩愈古文运动的失败看唐代骈文的文体地位

The Stylistic Status of Parallel Prose in Tang Dynasty Emerge from the Perspective of Hanyu’s Ancient Prose Movement

韩愈的古文改革,乃是一场对儒家精神进行重新建构的文化运动。但唐朝总体的时代文化和政治精神对这一思潮持消极态度,在唐人心目中,骈文已转化为一种时代文化的心理,具有极大的广泛性和稳定性。国家公文、科举取士,皆以骈文为本。凡此种种,皆使古文运动最终以失败告终。事实上,经由六朝的全面振兴和初盛唐的进一步发展,骈文已充分显示出其作为一种文体不断充实发展、及时进行价值转换的优势,而在整个唐代长盛不衰。但从长远看,古文运动虽然"失败",但这种对骈文的文体霸权地位挑战的努力却始终存在。唐以后的中国散文史,即转化为古文与骈文此消彼长的历史。

Parallel Prose won stylistic hegemony and prevailed in Tang Dynasty due to its full development in Six Dynasties and the further development in Early and Middle Tang Dynasty, which led to the failure of Ancient Prose Movement that tried to reconstruct the Confucian spirit. The Ancient Prose Movement led by Hanyu is out of time which is demonstrated from the perspectives of the adaptability of parallel prose in Tang Dynasty and the need of Tang culture to it. In addition, the cultural and political spirit of...