黄宗羲《明文授读》拒选陈子龙文之原因探析

On the Causes of Huang Zongxi's Not Choosing Chen Zilong's Essays in The Ming Dynasty Prose Anthology

著名文学史家钱基博对黄宗羲《明文授读》不选其好友、且在明末文名籍甚的陈子龙之文表示质疑。经过深入考察,我们认为:黄宗羲之所以在其《明文授读》中拒选陈子龙文,原因是他属于唐宋派,在古文理念上主张文道合一、文以明道,而陈子龙则属于七子派,尚秦汉古文,兼采六朝之藻丽。因此,出于门户之见与自己文道合一的文学理念,黄宗羲自然不选文字藻采的陈子龙之作,这也许就是其在《明文案序上》所说"钜家鸿笔,以浮浅受黜"的那样了。

the famous literary historian Qian Jibo questioned Huang Zongxi's not choosing his friendChen Zilong's essays in The Ming Dynasty Prose Anthology. Chen Zilong was very famous in theliterary world in the late Ming Dynasty. After a thorough investigation, we think the reason why HuangZongxi refused Chen's essays in the Seletion is that Huang belongs to the Tang and Song School whoadvocated the oneness of writing and morality. While Chen Zilong belongs to the School of Seven Poets,who followed the literary idea of the Qin and Han Dynasties and the splendor style of the Six Dynasties.Oweing to the parochial prejudice and literary idea, no wonder Huang Zongxi had not selected ChenZilong's pieces—perhaps it is just like what Huang said in the Ming Dynasty Prose Anthology—becauseof different styles the editor has to remove some great pieces.