新故·生熟·生新——中國古代文論中的獨創性概念

“New and Old”,“Raw and Ripe”,and“Raw Leading to New”—The concept of originality in classical Chinese literary theory

中國古代文論以新故、生熟、生新三組概念建立起獨創性理論的概念群,由南朝已降的“新故”到宋代“生熟”的過渡,意味着創新觀念由非此即彼的價值判斷轉换爲矢量化的程度考量,由此構成對“陌生化”概念的發明和充實。在此基礎上衍生的“生新”概念,又引出對“新”即陌生化之“度”的補充性思考,由此形成關於獨創性的系統理論。圍繞這些問題的豐富論説具有很超前的理論意識,相當完整而深刻地闡發了西方形式主義文學理論的核心問題,對于現代藝術的唯新觀念也有一定的警示意義。

Classical Chinese literary theory established a concept group with three basic sets of concept:new and old,raw and ripe,and raw leading to new.The transition from“new and old”in the Southern Dynasty to“raw and ripe”in the Song Dynasty manifests that the innovative thought emerging from an“either or”value judgment turn to Vectorization degree consideration,which give rise to the invention and enrichment of the concept of“Defamiliarization”.On this basis,the derived concept of“Shengxin”(raw leading to new)leads to a more supplementary thinking on“Xin”(new),that is,the“degree”of Defamiliarization,thus forming a systematic theory on originality.The rich theories revolving around these issues have a very advanced theoretical consciousness,which completely and deeply expounds the core inquest of Western formalist literary theory,and also has a certain warning significance for the modern art conception which solely emphasizes on pure new things.