唐八史“文学传”之文学思想探析

Literary Thought of the Biographies of Literature in the Eight History Books Wrote in the Tang Dynasty

初唐时期,史臣在唐太宗的号召下着力于修撰前朝各史,本次修撰而成的史书,特为文学家设立"文学传",这些文学传均饱含史臣的文学思想。文学的论理和抒情功能被充分肯定,文学为政教服务的传统美学观念备受推崇。在文学反思中,史臣对浮艳的文风和恃才傲物的文人品行进行了严厉的批判。同时,史臣也从历史大环境出发,探讨文学环境之于文学发展的重要影响。

In the early Tang dynasty, according to the summons from Tang Taizong, the second emperon of the Tang dynasty, official historians devoted themselves to compiling the histories of the previous dynasties. There are biographies of litterateurs in these historical books, which contain official historians＇ literary thought. The theory and lyric function of literature are fully affirmed. What＇ more the traditional aesthetic concept that literature should serve politics and religion is highly were severely criticized. And then, official historians ment on literature. respected. Flashy literary style and arrogance of literati pay more attention to the influence of literature environ-