《左传》“君子曰”与“君子谓”辨析

Differences between“Gentlemen Say”and“Gentlemen Think”in

《左传》叙事,往往夹叙夹议,并经常用"君子曰"与"君子谓"等形式直接议论。由于"君子谓"与"君子曰"在评论模式上很相似,所以往往被认为是"君子曰"的变格,并且与"君子曰"不加区别,一概而论。实际上,"君子曰"与"君子谓"在格式和语气及评价角度上有明显不同,二者在评价人物事件时有明确分工,不宜将二者等量齐观。

Remarks in Zuo Zhuan are often the combination of narration and argumentation, and ＂gentle- men say＂ and ＂gentlemen think＂ are directly used to comment on things. Due to the similarity in their comment mode, they are often regarded as the same. However, a further study shows that they are differ- ent in format, tone and evaluation perspective. Therefore, ＂gentlemen say＂ and ＂gentlemen think＂ differ- entiate from each other in evaluating things, so we should treat them differently.