政治话语与文学表达:明代台阁士人考绩序之功能及意蕴

Political Discourse and Literary Expression:Meaning and Connotation of Xu Written by Cabinet Ministers for Appraising Officials in the Ming Dynasty

明代台阁士人考绩序文的生成是以明初考绩制度的完善为基础的。台阁文臣的政治构想、政治实绩、官场社交都深度影响了考绩序文体程式的构建,并直接决定了其文体结构和语体选择。考绩序是台阁文人政治身份和文学能力的体现,实现了政治语境与文学表达的契合,反映了台阁文士的身份定位与价值取向,折射出明前期的颂扬模式与盛世文化。明代台阁文人考绩序文体具有多重功能,是政治运作与文体程式的有机结合。

Xu written by cabinet ministers for appraising officials in the Ming dynasty has developed on the basis of the appraising system in the early Ming dynasty.The political concepts,political performance,and social activities in official circles of the cabinet ministers has deeply influenced the stylistic structure and the choice of style.Xu for appraising officials actually serves as a reflection of the political status and the literary competence of the cabinet ministers,which brings the integration of political context and literary expressions,reflects the status positioning and value orientation,and mirrors the eulogizing mode and heyday culture in the early Ming dynasty.In a word,Xufor appraising officials,which has multiple functions,is an organic integration of political operation with style and form.