“诗言志”与“诗缘情”——古文论笔札之三

“Poetry Expresses the Aspirations of It's Writer” and “Poetry Expresses the Emotions of It's Writer”——Three of Written Composition on Ancient Chinese Prose

《尧典》中“诗言志”的命题,应当是战国史官对前代观点和理论命题的追记。“诗言志”说中的“志”,其原初内涵应包括心理活动的各个方面。后来,受“政教”观念的影响,才每每被解释为与“政教”相关、并符合其要求的思想或情感。“诗缘情”从“诗言志”而来,二者相客而非时立关系。但是,也不能认为“诗缘情”等于“诗言志”。“诗缘情”说既让人们重新看到了“诗言志”的原初内涵;更在“诗言志”说的基础上,使文学的“情感性”特征得到了明确。

The propostion about'poetry expresses the aspirations of its writer' in Yao Dian should be that the official historian wrote down from memory to the proposition of the viewpoint and theory of the elder generation in the Warring States. The original intension of 'aspirations' in 'poetry expresses the aspiration of its writer' should include every aspect of psychology activities. Later on, owing to the influence of 'political education', it was interpreted as the relation to 'political education' and accorded with the demands of its thought or emotion. 'Poetry expresses the emotions of its writer' comes from'poetry expresses the aspirations of its writer'. Both of them are harmonious but not antagonistic. But we don't think that' poetry expresses the emotion of its writer' is equal to ' poetry expresses the aspirations of its writer'. The theory of 'poetry expresses the emotions of its writer' once a-gain and is clear about the literary characteristic of emotion on the basis of the theory of 'poetry expresses the aspirations of its writer'.