方薰诗论札记

Commentary on Fang Xun's Poetics

方薰作为清代中叶一位性灵派诗论家,很少被人注意,与他的诗话《静居绪言》长期作为无名氏作品流传有关。其诗论的主导倾向,在崇尚性灵、力求创新、肯定男女之情等方面都与袁枚如出一辙,但在扬唐抑宋、沟通诗画艺术特征等方面又有其独到的见解,通过与袁枚、赵翼的对比,可以清楚地看出他逸出性灵派诗论之外的个人色彩。

Fang Xun, as a poetic theorist of Xingling School in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, has drawn little attention, for his notes on Jing Ju Xu Yah had long been known as an anonymous work. He preferred natural disposition and intelligence, strived for innovation, affirmed the emotions between men and women, which were accord with Yuan Min＇ s ideas. However, compared with Yuan Min＇ s and Zhao Yi＇ s thoughts, his unique views were shown, preferring the Tang＇ s poetry to the Song＇ s one and communicating the characteristics of poems and paintings, obviously illustrating his own charms beyond the theories of Xingling School.