苏颋“李白论”新议——兼探李白早期文学道路

A New Exposition of Su Ting's Comments on Li Bai with a Comment on Li Bai's Early Literary Explorations

李白在蜀中时谒见苏颈并得其奖掖和指点,是他早年文学道路上的重要事件。此前他的创作基本上属于地方文学的性质,尚未能预流开元文坛的主要风气。已有"大手笔"之誉的苏颋充分肯定李白的文学天才,对其早期创作的得失予以高屋建瓴的评价,对李白后来的创作产生了深远的影响。尤其是他以前辈身份,指点李白如何在创作中处理必将要面临的才与学、词彩与风骨的关系问题,对整个开元文坛的创作都具有导向的意义。他"可以相如比肩"的激励之语,不仅极大地激励了李白在文学创作上本有的雄心,而且对他选择以文学侍从而经纶王言的人生道路也有直接的影响。

The meeting with Su Ting in Chengdu proved to be an important event in Li Bai＇s early literary life when Li Bai was encouraged and directed. Before the meeting, Li Bai＇s writing was more of a local literature than of a literary master starting a new literature. Su Ting was then lauded as ＂Master Pen＂ （Da Shoubi）, and his appreciation of Li Bai＇s literary talent, to the extent that he compared Li Bai to Sima Xiangru, was influential on Li Bai＇s late writing. Especially, Su Ting＇s comments on the relationship between rhetoric （ Ci-cai 辞采） and vigor of style （ Feng-gu 风骨） and the relationship between talent （ Cai才 ） and learning （Xue 学）were instrumental to Li Bai＇s creative practice.