重论欧阳修的文道观

Reassessment of Ouyang Xius Viewpoints of Literature and Tao

欧阳修是北宋诗文革新运动的杰出领袖,但是对他的古文理论,学术界却评论不高,文学史家一直嫌其过于道学化。这其实是对欧阳修的误读。本文将欧阳修置于宋初文学思潮的大环境中加以考察,着重辨析欧阳修反对“诞者之道”的实质,就是要与宋初柳开、石介等人道学化的古文理论划清界限。然后分析欧阳修所谓的“圣人之道”,是指“古圣人”的社会实践。因此,欧阳修的古文理论,与其说接近道学家,不如说“叛‘道统’”更合乎实际。

Ouyang Xiu was an outstanding leader of the Ancient Prose Movement in the North Song Dynasty,while his theory of ancient prose is not appreciated in academic circles.Its said that his theory cared too much for the Confucian moral system.But this is not true.Giving the circumstances of literary thought in the early Song Dynasty,this piece of thesis first analyzes Ouyang Xius critical opinion on the“Tao of fantastic people”,and then his praise to“sages Tao”,especially his views on social practice of“ancient sages”.He also emphasized that an author could take care of all kinds of social things rather than Coufacian moral system.