许学夷生平与《诗源辩体》的刊刻及影响

Xu Xueyi’s Life Experience and the Publication and Influence of Probe into the Origin and Styles of Poetry

许学夷是晚明江南最有影响的诗论家之一。他不为官、不从商,潜心诗学,倾其一生之力创作完成了《诗源辩体》,在中国文学批评史上占有重要的学术地位,受到国内学者的高度重视。许学夷一生居于民间,既不依附权贵,也不攀附学术权威,显示出“负气而多傲”的性格特征与独立精神;《诗源辩体》两个版本刊刻的艰难过程,正是因他的“草根”身份与不依附权贵的品性所致。虽然《诗源辩体》在清代影响有限,但并不能掩盖它的学术价值以及在中国文学批评史上的重要地位。

Xu Xueyi was one of the most influential poetry theorists in south China during the late Ming Dynasty.In all his life,he had never been an official or a businessman,but devoted himself to poetic.His Probe into the Origin and Styles of Poetry occupies an important position in the history of Chinese literature criticism and is highly valued by Chinese scholars.An ordinary scholar as he was,he had never attached to anyone,showing his pride and independent spirit,which led to the difficulty in publishing the two versions of Probe into the Origin and Styles of Poetry.Although his book had limited influence in the Qing Dynasty,its academic value and important position in the history of Chinese literature criticism cannot be underestimated.