西晋玄言诗发展滞缓的原因

On the Reasons of Stagnancy in the Development of Metaphysical Poems in West Jin

西晋玄风大盛,但玄言诗的发展却相对滞后,数量稀少。张华、陆机等人偶而为之,没有形成独霸诗坛的局面。其原因是多方面的,既有政治原因,也有文化原因,还有创作主体的原因,而这些都和玄学在西晋时呈现的新的特征密切相关。西晋玄学兴盛的表象背后是学术性质的淡薄,玄学家不擅长写作,而大部分士人只是盲目热衷于玄谈的形式,而忽视玄理的钻研,使得玄学理论在西晋时没有长足的发展,这也直接影响到玄言诗的创作。

In West Jin Dynasty, metaphysical theory was prevalent, hut the development of metaphysical poems didn＇t keep pace with the development of metaphysical theory. There was only a small number of metaphysical poems. There were such factors as politics, cuhure and creation subjects in the development of metaphysical poems. All those factors were closely related to the new characteristics of metaphysical theory. In West Jin Dynasty, the experts in metaphysical theory were not good at writing, and the scholars were interested in idle talk. So the development of metaphysical theory was stagnant. The chief factor was that metaphysical theory, had some new characteristics which directly influenced the development of metaphysical poems.