《文心雕龙》的《尚书》批评

Criticism of Collections of Ancient Texts by The Literary Mind and the Carving Dragon

在中国文学史及文学批评史上,刘勰第一次从文学角度精当地总结和论述了《尚书》的特点和价值。《文心雕龙》视《尚书》为"辞义温雅,万代之仪表",并具体分析了其属对、夸饰、事典诸手法的运用特点;从"览文如诡,寻理即畅"以及"辞尚体要"等方面归纳了《尚书》的语言艺术,探讨了《书》与诏策章奏等十四种文体的渊源关系,主张以《书》为范来规范各体创作。

In the history of literature and literary critism, Liu Xie was the first to summarize the features and criticize the values of the Collections of Ancient Texts from the perspective of literature. He viewed it as the model of elegance and analyzed the use of such rhetoricl devices as antithesis, hyperbole and literary quotations. He induced the art of language in terms of its crafts, smoothness and refinery, explored its relationship with advocated the mode of Collections of Ancient Texts to regulate the composition of all kinds of works.