王禹偁与北宋初期的诗文革新

Wang Yu-Cheng and the Innovation of Poetry and Prose During the Early Period of Northern Song Dynasty

王禹偁是北宋初期诗文革新的先驱 ,其诗歌能从宋初的白体诗中解放出来而发展其讽谕的传统 ,并提倡学习杜甫 ,开宋学杜先河 ;在散文改革上能发展韩愈的“文以明道”与“文从字顺”的理论 ,提出“文以传道明心”的新见解 。

Wang Yucheng was a pioneer in the innovation of poetry and prose during the early period of China's Northern Song Dynasty. He was able to liberate his poems from the literary styles of Bai Juyi, but to develop Bai's tradition of sarcasm. Moreover, he advocated learning from Poet Du Fu, and blazed a new trail for the poets of Song Dynasty to learn from Du's styles. In the innovation of prose, he was able to develop the literary theories first advocated by Han Yu that 'literature should be for clarifying morality and ethics' and 'literature should use ordinary vocabulary, simple style, and fluent expression', bringing forth his new idea of 'literature for transmitting virtue and clarifying the heart'. Wang Yucheng, in theory and practice, set an example for the innovation of poetry and prose in Early Song Dynasty.