陈楙荣古文创作思想评议

Discussion on Chen Maoyong's Chinese Classical Prose Creation Thought

陈楙荣以为文章分记事、议论二体,而又以记事之体为文体之总源。以为"言出于心"和"文与言合",其文乃臻佳境;言不由衷,文与言离,文章之道则渐趋衰弊。为文者必须"心古人之心,言古人之言,文古人之文",方能矫正时弊,振荡末流。具体作法就是,通过学习古文,揣摩古文之体例和义法,以作为文之资。以为文章无古文、白话的高下之分,反对以文言、白话分文章之优劣,主张以"精神命脉"定文章之高下。陈氏之观点颇具现实针对性,对今日之写作教学亦不乏参考价值。惜其文集未曾刊刻,其观点未能广为传播,故知之者甚少。

Chen Maoyong believes that an article can be divided into account and argumentation but the former as the source of literary style. ＇ word from heart＇ and ＇ the combination of article and word＇ is the best; otherwise article will go bad . Writer should ＇think as the ancients think, talk as they talk and write as they write＇, thus he can change the fashion and currents into the right road. The avalaible way is to study the classical prose to imitate its styles and techniques as our guide. Article has no classification of good and poor regarding classical prose and vernacular one and it can not be judged by them but by its ＇ spiritual quality＇ as a standard. Both classical and vernacular prose are good if we have master of writing styles and techniques and take ＇ spiritual quality＇ into it.