宋代诗人与《兰亭集序》

Poets in Song Dynasty and Preface to Lanting Collection

宋代诗人在诗中多写到王羲之的《兰亭集序》,他们把文士的聚会多比喻为兰亭雅集,常化用序中的意象,思考序中表现的生死感伤情绪,批评萧统编选《文选》不选此序,还在诗中描写《兰亭集序》真迹的流传,《兰亭集序》的摹本和刻本,以及对《兰亭集序》书艺的评价。由于《兰亭集序》既具有文学价值,又具有书法价值,其摹本、刻本在宋代广泛流传,文人士大夫也广为阅读、摹写,加之宋代诗人的人文修养深厚,作诗爱写书籍、字画、书斋以及士人生活题材,作为法书的《兰亭集序》就经常写入诗中。宋代诗人在诗中描写《兰亭集序》,拓宽了宋诗的题材,丰富了宋诗的人文意象,并体现了宋人“以学问为诗”的特点。

The poets in Song Dynasty particularly appreciate Wang Xizhi’s Preface to Lanting Collection.They would compare the gathering of literati to the elegant collection in it,use the images in it,perceive the sentimental mood of life and death in it,and criticize Xiao Tong’s compilation of Wenxuan for not including it.They describe its spread,copy and engraving,as well as its artistic reviews.With literary and calligraphy value,the copies and engravings are widely spread,read and copied.In addition,the poets have profound humanistic cultivation,and they love taking books,calligraphy,painting,and scholar’s life as images,so Preface to Lanting Collection is often written in poems.This broadens the theme of poetry,enriches the humanistic image,and embodies the characteristic of“taking learning as poetry”in Song Dynasty.