再谈“诗中有画”——读蒋寅《对王维“诗中有画”的质疑》有感

A Second Discussion on “Pictures in Poems”——Reflection on Jiang Yin's“Wang Wei's‘ Pictures in Poems' Questioned”

历来的文学史都把诗中有画作为王维诗歌的一个重要艺术特征,放在一个非常高的地位之上。然而,在《对王维"诗中有画"的质疑》一文中,作者蒋寅指出"诗中有画"实际上是一个被夸大了的批评术语,并不能够代表王维诗歌的艺术特色。但是在对蒋寅先生所支持论点的各项论据进行深析时可以发现,蒋寅先生所引用的中、西方艺术论的观点进行佐证,从一开始便陷入了艺术论的迷误,由此得出的对"诗中有画"看法似乎也存在着问题。

＂ Pictures in poems＂ has long been summarized in the history of literature as an important artistic character of Wang Wei＇ s poems. In his article ＂Wang Wei＇ s ＇ Pictures in Poems＇ Questioned,＂ however, Jiang Yin points out that this praise is an overstated critical expression and thus cannot represent the artistic character of Wang Wei＇ s poems. A closer look at Mr. Jiang Yin＇ s assumptions and their argument, nevertheless, leads to the discovery that Mr. Jiang was misled from the very beginning when quoting both Chinese and Western critics to back his contention and thus his conclusion of questioning the statement of ＂pictures in poems＂ is inevitably questionable.