《情采》:为情造文,要约写真

Qing Cai:Writing Poetry and Prose by Emotion,Refining the Style of Articles and Express the Author’s True Feelings

《情采》是《文心雕龙》下半部的纲领,从内容和形式两个方面阐述了文章写作中应遵循的创作规范。刘勰以“情”(质)指称文章中的个人感性情绪和理性思考,以“采”(文)指代声律辞藻等一众写作技巧,以及文辞的扼要精炼。具体来看,刘勰将文章写作划为三个层次,一曰“质文并重”,强调文章写作中内容、形式应相辅互济,不可有所偏废;二曰“先质后文”,昭明内容与形式的主从关系,主张文采形式要为思想内容服务;三曰“为情造文”,申明思想内容应出乎真情,辞藻文采应恰当适度,并强调设立正确的规范来表达情感,使文章既有文采又突出思想情感,既为情造文又臻于文质彬彬。

Qing Cai is the program of the second half of Wenxin Diaolong,which expounds in detail the creative norms that should be followed in the writing of the article from two basic aspects:content and form.In general,Liu Xie refers to the personal emotional emotion and rational thinking in the article by“Qing”(Zhi),which is roughly equivalent to what people call“the content of the article”.And he uses“Cai”(Wen)to refer to a number of writing skills,such as the rhythm of speech,as well as the concise speech,which is close to today’s“article form”.In particular,Liu Xie divides the writing of the article into three levels.One is“valuing‘Zhi’and‘Wen’”.He emphasizes that the content and form of the article should be complementary,not biased.Second,“‘Zhi’is primary and‘Wen’is secondary”.He thinks the content and form of the principal-slave relationship,and advocates literary form to serve the ideological content.Third,“writing poetry and prose by emotion”.Liu Xie affirms that the content of thought should be from true feelings,and that the literary style and language should be Appropriate.And Lie Xie thinks writers should establish correct article norms to express emotion,so that the article has both literary talent and outstanding ideological emotion.