程晋芳《勉行堂诗集》刊印及其创作刍议

On the Publication of Mian Xingtang's Poems and Its Creation of Cheng Jinfang

出生于盐商世家的程晋芳一生"愔愔好儒",尤工诗文,早年家境优越生活奢靡,中晚年渐至贫困客死他乡。其青壮年时期所作诗歌辑入《勉行堂诗集》,由邓廷桢首创多位友朋共同捐资刊刻。诗歌"善学古人,无体不备",尤以律诗为多;诗风"戛戛独造",不拘于时而自成一家;内容驳杂"而不觉其肆",或写景咏物,或抒发性灵,或感怀亲朋,或慨叹人生,为求仕宦也创作一些歌功颂德的进御诗,凡生活游历皆为其创作源泉。

Cheng Jinfang, born in a salt business family, was fond of literature for his whole life, and especially good at writing poems. He lived an extravagant life in his early life, but gradually became poor after middle age and died abroad in the end. Mian Xingtang＇ s Poems, including many poems written by Cheng Jinfang in his youth, was published by Deng Tingzhen and some other friends. His poems, most of which were regulated verses, were so well written that they became the models of other poems. His writing style was very unique with his own characteristic. He wrote many things in his poem, but not in disorder, including describing objects, expressing the spirit, recollecting friends and sighing life. Sometimes he also sang merits and praised virtues for the sake of official career. Everything in his life journey was the source of his creation.