功利与文艺:八股文的两面性——从《谈艺录》看钱钟书先生的八股文观

Utility and Literature and Art:Dual Character of Eight-Part Essay——To Know Mr. Qian Zhong-shu’s Concept of Eight-Part Essay from《Record of Talks on Arts》

在《谈艺录》中,钱钟书先生从不同角度引述了诸家评论八股文的观点,揭示了八股文作为一种特殊文体的来龙去脉。从先生散见于该书各处的相关论述中,可以把握到钱钟书先生对八股文一分为二的客观认识:他既看到这种文体的功利性及其产生的负面影响,同时也没有忽略八股文所蕴涵的文学因素及其与戏曲、诗歌等文学样式多方面的复杂联系。

In《Record of Talks on Arts》,Mr.Qian Zhong-shu quotes various comments on Eight-Part Essay from different angles,and exposes its origin and development.From Qian’s related accounts on it,we can know his objective knowledge of one dividing into two toward Eight-Part Essay: he sees clearly its utility and the negative influence it produced,and never neglects the literature factor in contained and its complex relations with opera and poetry.