朱熹:“代圣贤立言”的启蒙者

Zhu Xi: the initiator of interpreting sages'thoughts

八股文“代圣贤立言”的特征有一个在儒家经典阐释传统中逐步孕育而成的过程。朱熹的《四书章句集注》作为明清科举考试中八股文“四书”题阐释的依据,其以心理体验为特征的经典阐释理论和实践也为明清两代文人所继承,客观上为八股文这一阐释学特征的形成提供了理论依据。朱熹的经典阐释理论以“切己”为最高境界,故从中引申出来的八股文“代圣贤立言”的命题自有其复杂性。

Interpreting sages' thoughts as a characteristic of the Chinese traditional eight-part essay came into being with the interpretation of Confucian classics.Zhu Xi's Annotations to the Four Books was regarded as the standard answers to the imperial civil service examinations in the Ming and the Qing Dynasties,which provided the theoretical grounds for this interpreting characteristic of eight-part essay.