刘勰“文”思初探

An Exploration of Liu Xie's View of Literature

对刘勰“文”思也即“文”的观念四个层次———道文、人文、文章之文、文学之文的内涵、特性及相互关系的考察,可说明刘勰不仅意识到了文学具有人类文化的普遍共性,且抓住了文学艺术的审美特质。刘勰“文”的观念自成系统,既开放又辩证,相当深刻地把握了文学的本真。

This article reveals Liu Xie's view of literature,or the connotations and interdependence amongst the four layers of his concept of literature: doctrine,humanity,text,and literature.The exploration of its characteristics indicates that he was not only aware of the universality of literature,but also of the unique esthetics of literary arts.Liu Xie's view of literature had its own system,both open and dialectical,with an in-depth mastery of the essence of literature.