论刘克庄的理学思想与文学创作

Liu Kezhuang's Neo-Confucianism and his Literary Creation

刘克庄是江湖诗人,他却有着较为系统的理学思想。刘克庄认为事物之上存在一个天理,它就是世界的本原。天理构成理学本体论的核心,它与诗歌的性质和功用关系密切。刘克庄认为理学的修养论对作家防范欲望的膨胀、防止人格的扭曲有重要作用。刘克庄认为气是宇宙演变的动力,人体内部存在着一种元气,它对作家保持精神健旺、永葆创作激情意义重大。

Liu Kezhuang, a traveling poet, has his systematical Neo - Confucianism. He deems that there ex- ists a heavenly principle for every thing, that is, the soul of the world. This principle forms the core of the ontology of Neo - Confucianism, and closely relates to the nature and functions of poems. And he considers that the culture theory of Neo - Confucianism has great role in keeping watch on the puff of writers＇lust and on the distortion of their personality, and that the Qi（spirit） is impetus for the evolution of the universe, and there exists Yuanqi （vigor） in people＇s body, it is significant to writers＇spirit and passion in writing.