鸿都尺牍名实考论

Research on Concept and Entity of the Hongdu Letter Writing

鸿都门学是东汉光和年间由汉灵帝发起创立的一所艺文机构,它的创立在政治、教育、文学等诸多方面对后世产生了深远的影响。在选士方式上,鸿都门学突破了两汉传统以经术、德行为核心的察举制,诸生以尺牍、辞赋和鸟虫书等才艺作为进身之阶。鸿都尺牍构成主体是形制上长度为汉尺一尺的木牍,内容则主要是章、表、奏、启等公牍文,所用书体应为汉代通行的官方正订书体隶书。鸿都门学群体中应有相当数量的文吏存在,体现了东汉末年政治危机下统治者对吏能的倚重。

Hongdumen Academy was an art institute, which was established by Emperor Ling of Han. The found of Hongdumen Academy had great influence on politics,education and literature. In the election methods, Hongdumen Academy broke through the traditional Chaju system,which was based on the core value of study of Confucian classics and virtue. There should be a lot of Wenli in the group of Hongdumen Academy, which demonstrated that the archon had to referred to the administrative ability under the serious ruling crisis in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.