“真诗”“辞达”“天则”——王世贞晚年性灵文学思想的萌芽

“Realness”,“ Expressiveness” and “Naturalness”—— on the Rudimentary Spiritual Thought about Literature during Wang Shi-zhen's Late Life

长期以来,"后七子"的集大成者王世贞,因提出诗学"格调说"、"文必秦汉,诗必盛唐"的文学主张,一直遭到文学研究者的批判与冷遇,并被简单冠之以"复古派"的称号。然而,注意到其前后文学思想变化的深刻内涵,注意到其后期文学主张中"真诗""辞达""天则"的内在意义,我们将得出不同的结论。

for a long time, Wang Shi-zhen, the epitome of “post-seven-scholar”, has been criticized or treated coldly by literary researchers because of his literary claimthat “Essaysmust followthe writing style of Qin and Han Dynasty while poemsmust observe themanner of the middle Tang Dynasty”; therefore, he has been simply labeled as “Classicist School”. Nevertheless, we can draw a different conclusion about Wang Shi-zhen if we pay attention to the deep connotation of his attitude towards literature between different periods and the inner meaning of “Realness”, “Expressiveness”, and “Naturalness”in his late claim about literature.