起步时期的日本文学与国家:《倭王武上表文》的修辞策略

The Beginning of Japanese Literature and the State:The Rhetoric of“Japanese Emperor Wu's Memorial”

收录于《宋书·夷蛮列传》中的《倭王武上表文》是早期日本文学的代表作品。该文在表达与叙述方式上都采用了极为精巧的修辞策略。这样的修辞策略体现了5世纪的倭国统治者对于文学作为一种权力话语的深入认识。结合9世纪以前日本文字文化的发展情况可知,《倭王武上表文》的出现开启了日本“实用文学”的传统,奠定了起步时期的日本汉文学与国家经营紧密相连的基调,在日本的文化史、文学史上皆具有重要意义。

"Japanese Emperor Wu's Memorial",found in the Song Shu Yiman Liezhuan,is a seminal work of early Japanese literature.Its expression and narrative style reveal a sophisticated rhetorical strategy that reflects the Japanese ruler's view of literature as a discourse of power.In the context of the development of the Japanese writen language before the ninth century,the appearance of“Japanese Emperor Wu's Memorial”marks the beginning of a tradition of“practical literature”closely tied to state governance and early literary Sinitic in Japan,both significant in the history of Japanese culture and literature.