论“养气”说的形成与发展——以孟子、刘勰为中心

On the Formation and Development of Mencius and Liu Xie' s Quality Training

“养气”说是中国古人对文学理论的重大贡献。孟子始从哲学角度论后天主体意识修养对人崇高精神境界形成的重要性,此论亦可推及艺术意义;刘勰则直接从艺术意义上论文学创作中作家“蓄气”“守气”、巧妙用气的重要性,并进而将自己的观点与孟子的观点合而兼论,认为作家能做到气得其养、又善巧用,创作中将会获益无穷。

Quility training is the great cont ribution to ancient Chinese literary theory. Mencius , firstly and philosophically , commented on the importance of the formation of the lofty spirit on the basis of aquired consciousness of quality training , hence it is true of arts ; Lui Xie , directly based on arts , demonstrated the significence of the author' s quality accumulation, maintenence and utilization , thereafter, conbining with Mencius' theory, he advanced further opinions , namely , the author's quality maintenece and proper utilization which would greatly benifit the literary creation.