论《老子》的文学性

The Literariness of Lao Zi

《老子》一书是否具有文学性,文学性表现在哪些方面,学界是有不同看法的。本文认为,《老子》的文学性首先表现在作者的独立自主意识、批判现实的精神、天才般的创造力,以及由此而来的情感的深沉与思想的深邃、穿透力。其次,《老子》的文学性还表现在"推天道以明人事"的章法美与独特的以反彰正的句式方面。最后,《老子》的文学性最集中地表现在语言艺术美。亦即《老子》语言不仅具有惜墨如金的简洁,而且言简意赅;不仅生动形象,富有理趣,而且调动了诸如比喻、象征、对偶、夸张、排比、顶针等修辞手法,讲求节奏与韵律,韵散结合,极富诗意与乐感,具有无穷的艺术魅力。

The literariness of Lao Zi showes the author＇s self--contained, the spirit of reality criticism, genius creativity, and his profundities and penetration of his thoughts. And, the syntactical structure and the beauty of language art are also demonstrate the literariness of Lao Zi. We regard Lao Tzu＇s ink as if it were gold,and his language iwhich he had been given was brief and to the point. Lao Tzu uses a lot of rhetoric to show us the infinite artistic charm, and the language is full of poetry and beauty.