论《新唐书》古文家传记书写与唐宋文学观念转型的关系

Biographies of Essayists in Xin Tang Shu and the Evolution of Literary Concepts in Tang and Song Dynasties

《新唐书》以萧颖士为中心形成了早期古文家的传承谱系。它以较大篇幅叙述萧颖士的古文理念,通过采摭文章、叙述观点、文学史观等几个方面来展开材料的组织,确立了萧颖士作为早期古文家的领袖地位。在传记文中,宋祁不仅书写传主所具有的儒者情怀,尽显其品格之高尚与忧国许身之执着,还继续对萧颖士"为人师"的接受效应、论文论道观念细细道来。在涉及到李华、独孤及、梁肃等人的传记时,宋祁又以思想的纯粹性作为标准形成文本,"古文"的因素在以政治家为主体身份的传记文本中也得到了体现。这些因素集合起来,渐次显现出唐宋文学观念转型的轨迹。

The Xin Tang Shu （New Books of Tang Dynasty, 1060） forms a genealogy of the earliest es- sayists in ancient China represented by Xiao Yingshi （717 -768）. His concepts of prose being elaborated on, Xiao is considered leader of earlier Chinese essayists in view of his prose writing, literary opinions and under- standing of the literary history. In his biographical account of Xiao, Song Qi （998 -1061 ）, one of the editors of the series of books, not only highlights the spirit of his biographee as a noble-minded and patriotic Confu- cianist, but also probes into Xiao＇ s influences ＂as an instructor＂ and his literary and philosophical thoughts in detail. In the biographies of Li Hua （715 -766）, Dugu Ji （725 -777）, Liang Su （753 -793） and other es- sayists, Song follows a pure-thinking principle of textual organization, so that the ＂ancient-prose＂ features are reflected in the biographies where statesmen are protagonists. It is in all these efforts that the evolution of liter- ary concepts during the Tang （618 -907 ） to the Song （907 -1279） dynasties starts to reveal its trails.