论郑献甫的八股文话及评点

Zheng Xian-Fu's Theory and Commentary on the Eight-Part Essay

郑献甫一生不仅写过大量的时文,而且写有八股文话《制艺杂话》,还有时文评点本《补学轩批选时文读本》行世。在明清时期的八股文理论与批评史上,其八股文话与评点具有鲜明的个性和深度,具有重要的位置。"道理共见、节目共知"的先在限定塑造了八股文写作的根本理念与基本理路。经史的修养决定其立意之根基与"入口气"之价值;而制艺修辞之成功运用,则是使时文成为"美文"的关键。

Zheng Xian-Fu not only had created many Eight-part essays,but also written the book Zhi Yi Za Hua which about the theory of the Eight-part essay and commented many other writer's Eight-part essays. His theory and commentary on the Eight-part essay has distinct character. The examination form of proposition of thesis has limited the idea and method of the Eightpart essay. One person's knowledge about Confucian classics and history has determined the value of his idea and method. The successful application in the rhetoric method can made an Eight-part essay into an artistic essay.