杜甫《戏为六绝句》发覆

Re-Study of the Six Poems by Du Fu

杜甫并不是完全肯定“四杰”,他在认同其中一些人富有才情同时,也指出了他们严重的不足,即创作理论与创作实践脱节。在这一点上,“今人”所犯的错误正与“四杰”相同;诗中的“龙文”、“虎脊”应该分别指老成雄健和辞采华美两种文章风格;在这组诗中,杜甫将“四杰”做为反例,谆谆教导“今人”应虚心学习,多方借鉴。

Du Fu does not entirely affirm the Four Famous, and while he agrees that some scholars are gifted, he points out their defects, i.e. disconnection of writing theory from writing practice. On this point, people today make the same mistakes as the Four Famous do. Longwen and Huji indicate two different writing styles. Du Fu expects people today to learn modestly.