韩愈、柳宗元与古文运动

Han Yu,Liu Zong-yuan and the Ancient Literature Movement

中唐时期的文风虚浮、文章空洞,文人多不通事务,却热衷于名利。为了改变这一状况,以韩愈、柳宗元等人为首的有识之士掀起了一场古文运动。韩愈的"不平则鸣"主张和柳宗元的"文以明道"思想对后世文学和儒学复兴都有很大影响。

In the Mid-Tang dynasty,the style of writing was impractical and empty,and the writers knew little about their general affairs and interested merely in fame and money.Han Yu,Liu Zong-yuan and some other wise men advocated the ancient literature movement to change the situation.Han Yu＇s proposition that cry out against injustice and Liu Zong-yuan＇s view that the function of literature is to elucidate the Tao influence the development of literature and the revival of Confucianism.