也论五律、五排声律的定型——杜审言“首功”说质疑

Another Discussion of the Formation of Wulv and Wupai Tonal Patterns——Questioning Du Shenyan's primary contribution

没有诗歌写作的年代考查,仅靠诗歌符合格律的百分比统计,从而认定某一人是诗体定型的最重要的诗人,这是不科学的研究方法。初唐时期重要的诗歌格律理论文献,对律诗的形成影响甚大,而且正是那些理论文献成了诗体逐渐形成的年代标志;在理论的指导之下,不少诗人遵循格律规则写作,对诗体形式的确定产生了重要影响。杨炯的诗歌,对研究五律、五排定型的年代很有价值;杜审言虽然是代表人物之一,但相对于百分之百符合格律的初唐诗人群体来说,他的"首功"是难以认定的。

It is non-scientific to presume a poet to have the most contribution for the tonal pattern of the poetic style just by gathering the statistics of his work＇s rhyming rules instead of considering the period in which the works are written.The important documents of poetic rhyming in early Tang Dynasty made a great influence on the formation of metric verses.It is those documents which mark the formation period of poetic styles.Lots of poets followed the rhyming rules;and they did make great influences on the formation of fixed tonal patterns.Yang Jiong＇s poems are very valuable for the revelation of which period Wupai first became fixed.Although Du Shenyan is a poet contributing his own effort,he is still not so convincingly recognized as the one with the greatest contribution as compared with the groups of early Tang Dynasty poets who followed the rhyming rules exactly.