趣:中国古代文论的核心范畴

Category of “Qu”:A Central Category of Chinese Ancient Literary Theory

“趣”在我国古代文论范畴系统中处于核心位置,在范畴系统构架中起着支柱作用。它作为古文论审美范畴的演变发展历史可概括为:唐前为衍化期,宋代为成型期,金元为承传期,明代为盛兴期,清代为深化期。“趣”作为古文论审美范畴,涵纳了100多种以“趣”的基本语义为立足点的审美语汇,构建出了一个内在庞大的网络系统,充分显示出了筋络相连、血脉潜贯的古文论范畴特征。

The category of “Qu” (interest) is in a central position in the system of Chinese classical literary theoretical aesthetic category and plays a post role in the frame of category system.The developing history of the “Qu” as the classical literary theoretical aesthetic category may summarize as follows:the early Tang Dynasty is its developing period;the Song Dynasty is its pattern forming period;the Jing and Yuan Dynasties are its inheriting (period),the Ming Dynasty is its prosperous period,and the Qing Dynasty is its deepening period.“Qu”,as an (aesthetic) category,contains more than a hundred aesthetic words and phrases based on the “Qu”;they have built a huge network system,fully showing the tendon-vein joined,blood-vein versed characteristic that “Qu” possesses as classical literary critical theory.