从《杜阳杂编》看唐人笔记体的文学性

On the Literariness of the Literature Consisting Mainly of Short Sketches of Tang Dynasty from "The Collected Stories of Du Yang"

《杜阳杂编》是唐人苏鹗著录的一本笔记体小说,记载了唐代宗广德元年(公元763年)至唐懿宗咸通十四年(公元873年)十朝故事,内容涉及宫廷轶事、海外异闻、奇技宝物等诸多方面。清·纪昀《四库提要》卷一四二子部评:"然铺陈缛艳,词赋恒所取材,固小说家之以文采胜者。读者挹其葩藻,遂亦忘其夸饰,至今沿用,殆以是欤。"本文试从笔记体小说《杜阳杂编》的"拾遗"传统、"铺陈缛艳"的行文风格以及它所具备的文学作品所必需的思想性三方面展开论述,进而对唐人笔记体的文学性这一特点做出分析。

＂The Collected Stories of Du Yang＂ is a literature consisting mainly of short sketches of Tang Dynasty written by Du Yang. It consists of stories about of the court anecdotes, the overseas stories, and the priceless treasures from the AD 763 to the AD 873. The summary of ＂Complete Library of Four Branches of Books＂ written by Ji Yun remarks： the literariness and gorgeous style is one of the most important parts of this short sketches. This article appreciates the short sketches by the followed three parts： magical tradition, gorgeous style and the ideological level.