“为文造情”辨

Academic Examination of "Expressing Emotions in Order to Write"

为文造情,是《文心雕龙.情采》篇中提出并作为当时一个创作思潮而加以批判的,其目的是要确立传统的为情造文观念的地位。但其反对的为文造情之“情”中吸纳了个体性的诸如闲适等情感,并为文学虚构留下了相应的余地。它不仅是文学创作过程中的必然产物,而且也是中国传统文学为情造文观念的重要补充。

＂Expressing emotions in order to write＂ is a point of view cited by The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons（Wenxindiaolong） to be criticized as a sort of creative trend, with the purpose of establishing the traditional idea of ＂writing in order to express emotions＂. Nonetheless, the ＂emotions＂ in ＂expressing emotions in order to write＂ it opposes, contains in itself such emotions as individual leisure and comfort, and has consequently offered literature the right to fictionalize the plots. Hence it is not only an inevitable product of literary creation, but an important complement to the idea of ＂writing in order to express emotions＂ in traditional Chinese literature too.