沈德潜《唐诗别裁集》对韦应物的独特定位

On the Unique Positioning of Wei Yingwu in Shen Deqian’s “Tang Poetry Collection”

沈德潜的《唐诗别裁集》选诗以宏阔的视野关注有唐一代初、盛、中、晚不同时期的诗歌发展状况,并首次将韦应物的诗作以选录总量63首,名列唐诗大家第四位,仅次于盛唐的杜甫、李白、王维,位居中唐诗人之冠。此外,分体而论,沈德潜择取韦应物的五言古诗共44首,其第二名的典范地位超越李白(42首),仅次于杜甫(63首);其五绝被选录总量位居第三位,足见沈德潜对韦应物的推崇。这种独特定位体现出沈德潜对前人认知唐诗狭隘范畴的修正,也是其诗学思想“格调说”的具体实践。

Shen Deqian’s“Tang Poetry Collection”selected poems focused on the development of poetry in the early,middle,late and middle Tang dynasties with a broad vision.For the first time,Wei Yingwu’s poems were selected for a total of 63 poems,ranked fourth after Du Fu,Li Bai,Wang Wei and was in the first place among the Mid-Tang poets.In addition,Shen Deqian chose 44 five-words poems of Wei Yingwu,and the number was in second place after Du Fu(63)but more than Li Bai(42).The total number of the five-words poems been selected reflected Shen Deqian’s respect for Wei Yingwu.This unique orientation reflects Shen Deqian’s amending on the narrow cognition on Tang poetry of the formers,which is the concrete practice of his poetic thought.