中国古代文论“活法”之“辞达而已”发微

“Literary Style Judgment Criterion Proposed by the Confucius” in the “Methodology of Writing” from the Perspective of Ancient Chinese Literary Critique

孔子提出的"辞达而已"是后世文学创作"活法"说的最早源头,但它给后人带来了理解上的两个困惑:一是"辞"的所指和"达"的含义,二是"辞达而已"的句读问题。后世很多人提出或认同、或反对、或修正的观点,对这句话的表面含义及内在蕴含进行了多方面的解读。

The＂literary style judgment criterion＂proposed by the Confucius is the earliest＂methodology of writing＂for later literary creation. However, it has brought two confusions for the later generations. The first is the reference of＂ci＂and the connotations of＂da＂. The second is the sense group issue of＂cidaeryi＂. Later generations put forward viewpoints of agreement, objection or revision. Multiple interpretations are made of the surface meaning and implied connotations of this utterance.