浅析刘师培的文章起源观

Liu Shipei's Ideas on the Origin of Articles

刘师培在小学、经学、校勘学、文学、学术史等方面的研究均成绩斐然。笔者从文章学的角度探求刘师培的文章源始观。刘师培认为,文章的起源导源于文字的起源,而文字的出现是出于实用的目的,以补口耳传闻之弊端。而从小学入手他又推究出文章各体的源头是巫祝的祭词,进而推论出了"文"之本质,而这也是本文将着重探讨的内容。

Liu Shipei has made great achievements in the study of Xiao Xue, Confucian classics, textual criticism, literature and academic history. This article attempts to study his ideas about the origin of arti- cles from the perspective of article studies. In his opinion, articles originated from writing characters, and characters came into being with the practical purpose of overcoming the disadvantages of speech. Starting with Xiao Xue, he not only concluded that different genres of articles originated from funeral sacrifice of sorcery but also the nature of ＂Wen＂, about which this article emphatically discusses.