西汉公文写作的个中翘楚——浅析晁错的公文写作

The Outstanding Official Document Writer in the Western Han Dynasty——An Analysis of Chao Cuo's Official Document Writing

晁错是西汉公文写作的个中翘楚,在中国公文发展上占有重要的一席之地。晁错的公文不可避免地受到先秦散文和汉赋的影响,但其作品绝不等于"文学作品"。把晁错的公文当作"政论文"或"散文",那是文体的"误读",是对中国公文发展史缺乏认识的表现。晁错的公文写作实践表明:公文写作并不简单地局限于对正确公文格式的把握,它需要具有政治家的睿智和谋略。或者说,公文的写作不光是文字技巧的问题,它需要熟悉公务管理、熟谙安邦治国之道。

Chao Cuo was the outstanding official document writer in the Western Han Dynasty and he played an important role in the development of Chinese official document writing. His official document writing was inevitably influenced by the Pre-Qin dynasty prose and Han prose, but his writing was not equal to＂ literary works＂. Regarding Chao＇ s writing as a kind of political comment or prose is a behavior of misunderstanding his style and lack of the knowledge about the development of Chinese official document writing. Chao Cuo＇ s writing had proved that good official document writing does not simply lie in mastering its form but requires the intellectual and tactical advantages of a statesman. In other words, official document writing is not only a matter of word play but also an issue of acquaintance with official business management and strategies of ruling a country.