另一部“唐诗三百首”:论《唐诗中声集》的结构与旨趣

Another Three Hundred Tang Poems:Structure and Purport of Collected Tang Poetry of Moderate Tone

三百余首的《唐诗中声集》由邹美中编定,是一部成书于道光年间、用于启蒙教学的唐诗选本。所谓“中声”,首先要求诗有寄托、立意雅正,其次根据不同体裁考量诗歌的结构与修辞。围绕着这样的审美旨趣,邹美中对诗人与诗作进行了仔细的筛选与考量,力图以选本见诗史,现全唐概貌;在教导孩童作诗技法的同时,实现蒙以养正的功能。

Collected Tang Poetry of Moderate Tone, compiled by Zou Meizhong during the Daoguang period, was an anthology of Tang poems for rudimentary education. The “moderate tone” first required poetry to have a clear and elegant theme, then considered its structure and rhetoric in accordance with different forms. With this aesthetic purport, Zou Meizhong carefully selected and organized poets and their poems, trying to show the historical change of poetry throughout the whole Tang dynasty. In terms of its pedagogical function, this anthology aimed at teaching children writing skills and cultivating decent personality.