夸而有节 饰而不诬——刘勰夸饰论探析

On the appropriateness of exaggerations by Liu Xie

刘勰的夸饰论在夸饰研究史上占有特别重要的地位。《文心雕龙.夸饰》对夸饰的含义、发生的学理根据、价值功能以及基本原则等方面进行了深入的思考,实现了对孟子、庄子、扬雄、王充等人的超越。其不足是对夸饰发生的主体情感因素重视与强调不够。

Liu Xie＇s criticism of exaggerations has played an unexceptionally significant role in the rhetorical explorations of exaggerations. Exaggerations in Wenxindiaolong （or Dragon Carving and Literary Mind） provide with a panoramic and profound study of the implications of the exaggerations, the basis of theorem, values, and the fundamental principles, enabling Liu Xie to outdo Mencius, Zhuangzi, Yang Xiong, and Wang Chong. However there is not enough affective attachment.