论沈约文学活动的影响

On the Impact of Shen Yue's Literary Creation

沈约是齐梁之际的著名诗人和文坛领袖 ,其文学活动包括诗歌创作、提励文学新人、参与文学集团与倡导以“三易说”为主要内容的文学思想四个方面。他所提倡的“四声” ,引起了声律说的广泛流行 ;求真向俗的文学思想更在当时起到了革除晋宋诗歌生涩僵硬的弊端的作用 ;而这种文学思想却又导致了后代诗人对沈约的批评与冷落。

Shen Yue was a renowned poet and a leading man of letters between Qi and Liang Dynasties, whose literary activities included poetry writing, promoting green hands, participating in literary schools and advocating new literary ideas. He masterminded the 'four tones' which greatly popularized the theory of rhyming. In particular, his realistic approach and popular orientation in poetry writing helped overcome the stiff and obscure styles of his time. Ironically, it was this new literary ideal that incurred upon him criticism and negligence from poets after him.