“暨乎汉世,承流而作”——汉代诔文发展的规范与兴盛

Continuing to Be Written in Han Dynasty:Norm and Prosperity of Development of Mourning-Songs in Han Dynasty

汉代是诔文转向书面写作,确立标准范式的重要阶段。汉代诔文在先秦诔文的基础上“承中有变”,其正文新增诔序,增加“述哀”比重,形成“工在简要”文辞风格并普及四言韵文体式,促进了诔文体式的规范与定型。与此同时,诔文在汉代的盛行与汉代丧葬礼俗观念交互影响,共同推动了汉代社会道德的完善与进步。

Han Dynasty was an important stage for transforming the mourning-song into written forms and establishing its standard paradigm.Mourning-songs in Han Dynasty made some changes on the basis of inheriting the style of mourning-songs in Qin Dynasty.In mourning-songs in Han Dynasty,preface was added previous to the text,the proportion of the description of sorrowful feelings was increased,a simplified style was formed,and a four-character-verse form was popularized,which promoted the norm and modeling of the style of mourning-songs.Meanwhile,the popularization of mourning-songs and the concept of burial customs in Han Dynasty interacted each other,mutually promoting the perfection and progress of social morality.