金圣叹《水浒序一》的“才子书”论

Jin Shengtan's Conmments on Talented Scholars' Book in His Preface I to The Water Margin

金圣叹的《水浒序一》提出了"才子书"的相关文艺理论,他通过区别圣人作书与私人作书的差异,构造了一段私人作书兴起的历史。这段历史,是他提出"才子书"概念的重要铺垫。对"才"字的训诂解说,体现了金圣叹的文势论观点,他所谓的"才子书"既承认才情的支持,又符合传统社会道德对作书作文的期许。

Jin Shengtan’s Preface I to The Water Margin put forward the relevant literary theory of The Talented Scholars’Book and constructed a history of the rise of private books by distinguishing the difference between saints’and private writings.This period of history was an important foreshadowing for him to put forward the concept of The Talented Scholars’Book.The exegetical explanation of the word“talented”embodied Jin Shengtan’s viewpoint of literary style,not only acknowledging the support for talents,but also meeting the expectation of traditional social morality for writing books and compositions.