《世说新语》与文化转型

New Collection of Anecdotes of Famous Personages and Cultural Transformation

彰显自身的文化尊荣是东晋门阀士族维护家族利益的重要手段之一,典型表现便是清谈与作诗。刘宋政权建立后,既为安抚没落之士族,亦因艳羡其文化,依然宣扬并欣赏这种文化尊荣,致使庶族出身的南朝贵族都在努力地转向文化高门。《世说新语》把士族的睿智风神与文化尊荣具体化为极美的"行为艺术",使之成为时代的楷模而成功地代表了这次重大的文化转型,并为后世在政治仕途上失意的知识分子开辟了一条反抗命运、维护尊严、追求自由的艺术化的人生之路。

Revealing their own cultural honor is one of the important means for the powerful family hereditary scholar class in the Eastern Jin Dynasty to maintain their family interests , w hose typical performance is philosophical disputing and writing poetry . The regime of the Song Dynasty still advocated and appreciated cultural honor of the powerful family hereditary scholar class in the Eastern Jin Dynasty not only for placating downfallen powerful families but also for admiring their culture , causing all aristocracy of the Southern Dynasty hard to turn to cultural family . In New Collection o f A necdotes o f Famous Personages , the wisdom charm and cultural honor are embodied as magnificent “behavior art” , making it become the model of era and successfully represent the major cultural transformation , blaze a life trail of rebelling fate ,and maintain dignity and pursuing of freedom for the later intellectuals who were frustrated in political career .