“别诗之原始,命赋之厥初”——荀赋析论

"The Beginning of Distinguishing Different Styles of Poetry and the Starting of Naming Rhapsody":An Evaluation and Analysis On Xunzi′s Rhapsody

在赋学史上,荀子的《赋》是最早以赋名篇的,因而具有宗师的意味。荀子的《礼》、《知》、《云》、《蚕》、《箴》五赋,善用隐语,常常以设辞问答的方式描述某个事物或陈述某个对象;同时,荀赋以礼义之道统摄全篇,"铺采文",极尽赋之铺陈叙述之体。荀赋开了咏物说理赋之先河,对汉赋问答体写作方式与"铺采文"的创作风格影响深远。

In the history of rhapsody,Xunzi is known as the pioneer of the genre of rhapsody,for his works are entitled Fu,meaning Rhapsody.He is good at making use of signs and countersigns in his five works of rhapsody,namelyThe Rites,The Knowing,The clouds,The silkworm and The motto,and often employs use of assumed dialogues to describe a matter or state an object Too,he makes use of the techniques of narration in bold detail throughout his works and all of these have exerted influences upon the works of rhapsody during the Han Dynasty.