论明末实学思想对理学家文学活动的影响——以东林学派陈龙正为例

The Influence of Practical Thought on the Literary Activities of Neo-Confucianists in the Late Ming Dynasty: A Case Study of Chen Longzheng of the Donglin School

东林学派学者陈龙正在明末实学思潮中占有重要地位,其思想具有鲜明的实学特点,并对其文学思想与创作实践均产生了深刻影响。陈龙正重视文学的实用价值,要求提高文学的地位,以便更好地发挥文学在学术、政治和个人修养方面的现实作用。在实用原则的指导下,他通过删改等手段编纂了一系列“益世”文集。陈龙正还为“淡”赋予了超脱于审美之外的本体属性和实用价值,并主张诗歌的最大功用在于通过去除“嗜欲”的方式推动士人对“淡”的接受,以此实现学者的学术精进与社会的有效治理。

Chen Longzheng, a scholar of the Donglin School, held a significant position within practical studies in the late Ming Dynasty. He emphasized the practical value of literature, advocating for its elevated status to better harness its tangible role in academia, politics, and personal cultivation. Guided by this pragmatic principle, Chen Longzheng compiled a series of “beneficial to society” anthologies through editing and revising. Additionally, he endowed “simplicity” with ontological attributes and practical values beyond aesthetics and asserted that the ultimate merit of poetry lied in encouraging scholars to embrace “simplicity” by shedding “desires” to facilitate academic excellence and effective social governance.