王铚《四六话》与古代骈文理论的发展

Wang Zhi's Si Liu Hua and the Development of Parallel Prose Theory

北宋王铚《四六话》,是中国骈文批评史上第一部以四六为专门对象的文话。该书以随笔杂记的形式,品鉴了以表、启为代表的宋四六文,讨论了其源流、演变,总结了四六创作经验。《四六话》作为一本理论批评专著,承继了前代骈文批评对修辞方法的关注,倡导偶对、典事的运用不仅要能装饰文句,更要具备内容上的实用性。该书创设了古代骈文理论新的载体,为后代骈文理论的赓续拉开了序幕。

In Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Zhi＇ s works Si Liu Hua is the first Wen Hua which takes parallel prose as its special object in Chinese prose criticism. The book appeared as the form of essay. It not only criticized Si Liu Wen of Song Dynasty represented by Biao and Qi, but also discussed the origins and evolution of parallel prose as well as the creative experience. As a special works about critical theory, the works inherited the tradition that the former critical theory of parallel prose paid attention to the rhetorical ways, and advocated the practicability of antitheses and allusions. It has pioneering role in the critical theory history of Chinese parallel prose. And it raised the curtain for the later Wen Hua of parallel prose. So it is worth attention and further studying in literary theory.