柳宗元园记创作的文学价值和审美意义

The Literary Value and Aesthetic Significance of the Gardening Literature by Liu Zongyuan

园记是中国古代文学体裁中的重要一支。中唐柳宗元以散句单行的自由文体创作了大量的亭记堂记,为园记这种散文体裁的定型和流行做出了重要贡献。同时,他在园记中揭橥、总结了文人园的美学真谛和造园的审美法则,成为中国园林美学思想史上承前启后的重要人物。

Gardening literature is an important literary genre of classical Chinese literature.Liu Zongyuan in the middle of the Tang Dynasty created in free prose quite a few pieces about pavilions and gardening,an important contribution to the style and popularity of this literary genre.He also reveals and summarizes in these works the aesthetic pattern and significance of such gardens for the literati, and so he is regarded as a key thinker in the gardening history of China.