元代的直說作品與書面白話著述的自覺

ZhiShuo Texts:A kind of written works consciously used the vernacular in the Yuan Dynasty

元代出現的直說作品並非講史、平話影響下的衍生創作,而是基於閱覽之用對經史典籍作通俗淺易闡述的白話文本著述。其對"直說"的標舉,並非指向於某一講說活動,而是對文本編寫所使用的白話表述方式的强調。直說作品的出現,乃緣於蒙元統治環境中白話地位的提高,以及漢族文人服務蒙古權貴學習漢文化的需要,並由此而進一步激勵、推動了面向下層民衆的白話著述的編刻。直說作品所蘊含的使用白話的立場和態度,真正體現了書面白話著述的自覺,這在古代白話文的發展歷程中具有開創意義。

ZhiShuo Text is a kind of written works which explain simply and obviously Confucian Classics and historic works in simple,plain Chinese.The word ZhiShu mean the expression that this kind of written works used the vernacular,not a storytelling activity,such as JiangShi or PingHua.ZhiShuo Text effectively promotes compilation and publication of written works used the vernacular,and exhibit more conscientious in using the vernacular to write works,which pioneered the use of the vernacular in the written works.