林纾与桐城派

Ling Shu and the Tongcheng School

林纾与桐城派交往很多。民初特别是五四时期,桐城古文每遭异议,林纾极力为之辩护,但他并不完全赞成桐城派这一说法。桐城派主要是一个古文理论批评流派,林纾不完全赞成桐城派这一说法与此有关。方苞的义法说及其批评实践最能代表桐城派的理论批评成就。林纾接受了桐城派的众多说法,特别是将其义法说贯彻到具体的批评实践中,并有新的发展,甚至认为外国小说中也有义法。林纾的文学理论批评是对桐城派的重要贡献。

Ling Shu kept close contact with the Tongcheng School. In the beginning of the 20th century, the Tongcheng School was reproached frequently, while Ling Shu spoke in defence of it to the most. But, Ling Shu did not completely approve of the terms of the Tongcheng School. Ling Shu regarded that the Tongcheng School was a school of literature criticism, not a school of literature. Fang Bao＇s thorey of Yi Fa and his relevant practice of literature criticism represented the basic thought of the Tongcheng School. Ling Shu accepted the thought of Tongcheng School and put Fang＇s theory of Yi Fa into the literature criticism practice especially, and developed the theory. Ling Shu made a great comtribution to the Tongcheng School, and was an important member of the Tongcheng School.