从形器到心性:略论苏轼文艺思想的转向

From form to mind:on the turn of Su Shi's literary thought

苏轼的文艺思想曾经历过一次从强调外在事功之“形器”层面,到侧重内在本体之“心性”层面的同时又内涵“形器”的辩证转化,这一过程呈现出了在当时历史语境下,苏轼以艺术为思考方式对现实人生出路的不懈探索。因而这种转向能够成为负载独特思想意义的一种价值标尺,其主要指向包括在理论内容上突破了儒道的狭隘、在认知方式上从务虚转变为应物、在学术性格上蕴含经世致用品格。

Su Shi's literary and artistic thought has experienced a dialectical transformation from emphasizing the"form and object"level of external achievements to focusing on the"mind and nature"level of internal noumenon,and at the same time,the connotation of"form and object".This process shows that under the historical conditions at that time,Su Shi took art as the way of thinking to explore real life.Therefore,this turn can become a value yardstick to load the unique ideological meaning,which mainly points to three aspects:theoretical content(go beyond Confucianism and Taoism),cognitive style(from principles to practice)and academic character(serving for reality).