“断章赋诗”力说

A Conclusion About Meaning of“Duanzhangfushi”from the Literal Sense of the Word“Fu”

由一系列的考证可知,"赋"的本义即敛其所有,贡其所有,而不假于外,"赋比兴"、"断章赋诗"与"辞赋"之"赋"皆由此得名。所谓"断章赋诗"乃指一种不假于乐的吟读方式,它不仅不同于"歌",而且与"诵"相较在与音乐的关系上也是更疏远的。前人常常认为它与音乐的关系较"诵"更密切,甚至完全把它与"歌"混为一谈,这是很值得商榷的。

By a series of research we can infer that the literal meaning of the word ＂fu＂ is to levy the things produced Locally, not outside, and the denomination of ＂fu＂ in ＂fubixing＂, ＂duanzhangfushi＂ and ＂cifu＂ is just because of this. ＂Duanzhangfushi＂ means a recital way without the aid of music which not only is different from＂sing＂, but also rather alienated from music than ＂song＂. Forefathers often thought that ＂fu＂ as a recital way is closer to music than ＂song＂, even completely confused it with singing, but all their views is worth discussing very much.