编撰古代散文史值得注意的三个问题

An Exploration of the Three Questions in Writing and Editing the History of Prose

为了更好地编撰古代散文史,有三个问题值得注意。一是对古代散文的文体分类要讲究科学性。为避免随意分类带来的混乱现象,取用古代文体分类规范和约定俗成的说法是必要的。二是对古代散文文学性的确认不能一概而论。古代散文是一个超级文体类型概念,由多个次一层级的文类组成。对古代散文文学性的确认,最好分类而言,不要一概而论、笼统言之。三是古代散文史的书写策略应以纪史为主、论史为辅。

More than 120 hooks on the histon of ancient Chinese prose have been published in the past 30 years,which is a great accomplishment.This paper aims at an exploration of the three basic questions to be paid special attention to in the process of writing and editing the history ol ancient Chinese prose.The first question is whether the classification of ancient Chinese prose is scientific.This paper holds that it is necessary to follow the conventional norm of classification of ancient Chinese literary genre to avoid confusion caused by random classification.The second question is on how to recognize the literariness of ancient Chinese prose.When we mention Chinese ancient prose,it is advisable that we specify the subdivision of prose rather than discuss it too much generally,for prose is a concept of super literary genre,which consists of many secondary literary genres.The third question concerns the writing strategy of the history of prose,which,this paper believes,should record the history first and foremost,and provie the comment of the history as complement.