宋代意象理论发展中的理学因素

On the Neo-Confucian Factors in the Development of“Yi-xiang”(Imagery)Theory in the Song Dynasty

在中国传统意象理论的发展过程中,理学因素所起到的关键作用就在于其构建起了一整套阐述“天人合一”、万物关联等基础性观念的理论体系。传统意象理论所凭依的宇宙生命秩序观念,也就在此时期打下了坚实的基础。理学推动了中国文化中的宇宙自然观念的非宗教化进程,肯定了个体生命的价值和意义,在整体上促使文艺批评更加理性化和系统化。其为意象理论构造出了一个哲学基座,由此赋予“意象”概念以“气象”的内涵,又为中国审美观念注入了“理趣”这一核心思想,形成了强调理性与情趣相统一的传统意象审美观。

In the development of traditional Chinese“Yi-xiang”theory,the key role played by Li-xue(Neo-Confucianism)is that it gradually built up a set of theoretical systems that expounded the fundamental propositions of“the unity of heaven and man”and“all-things-connected”.The proposition of order of“Life in the Universe”,on which the traditional Chinese“Yi-xiang”theory is based,also laid a solid foundation during this period.Li-xue(Neo-Confucianism)promotes the secularization of the concept of cosmic nature in Chinese culture,affirms the value and meaning of individual life,and promotes the rationalization and systematization of literary criticism as a whole.It constructs a philosophical basis for the theory of“Yi-xiang”,thus giving the concept of“Yi-xiang”a connotation of“qi-xiang”and injecting the core idea of“Li-qu”into the Chinese aesthetic concept.The traditional aesthetics of“Yi-xiang”,which emphasizes the unity of reason and emotion,was thus formed.