论方应祥与晚明复古思潮

On Fang Yingxiang and the Revivalist Trend in Late Ming Dynasty

晚明八股文名家方应祥交游广泛,从他所撰序文及与师友的往来书信中可以窥见其对复古思潮的态度。方应祥瓣香唐宋派唐顺之,在理论上体认茅坤的文统观,在创作上追摹归有光平淡自然的散文风格。在阐发圣贤之旨上,方应祥的主张虽然和复古派一致,但是对其模仿行为持反对意见。方应祥也借助师友的力量宣传自身的制艺主张,提出为文应有宏大之宗旨和致用之主题。

Fang Yingxiang,a renowned scholar of the eight-part essay in the late Ming Dynasty,had extensive social interactions.His attitude towards the revivalist trend can be glimpsed from the prefaces he wrote and the letters exchanged with his teachers and friends.Fang Yingxiang admired Tang Shunzhi of the Tang-Song School and theoretically embraced Mao Kun's view on the literary tradition.In his creative writing,he pursued the imitation of Gui Youguang's plain and natural prose style.Although Fang Yingxiang's viewpoints in elucidating the teachings of the sages aligned with the revivalists,he held objections to their imitative behavior.Fang Yingxiang also leveraged the influence of his teachers and friends to propagate his own artistic principles,advocating that writing should possess a grand purpose and a practical theme.