儒法修辞美学取向的异同

On the Similarities and Differences of Aesthetic Orientation in Rhetoric of Confucianism and Legalism

儒法两家的政治主张尽管不同,但在语言运用方面却存在着一定程度的相似、相同之处。具体地说,在语言表达的社会功用、立言修辞的原则方面,儒法两家的认识大致相同;在立言修辞的标准及内容("质")与形式("文")的关系方面,他们则各有主张。综观之,儒法两家的修辞美学取向是同中有异,异中趋同。

Despite their different political opinions,Confucianism and Legalism were similar in language use to some extent.Specifically,Confucianism and Legalism had roughly the same ideas on social and political function of language and principle of rhetorical devices,while they held different views on the standard of rhetorical devices and the relationship between content and form.In short,the aesthetic orientations in the rhetoric of Confucianism and Legalism were similar,as well as different.