高蹈乎八荒之表 抗心乎千秋之间——康德、叔本华与《人间词话》

Kant, Schopenhauer and On Ci Poetry

受康德、叔本华等美学思想的影响,《人间词话》在寻求西方近代美学与中国诗学相契合方面作了最早有意且有益的尝试。它不仅拓宽了中国诗学的理论视野,在诗的质性规定、创作目的及创作规律等理论问题上亦不乏有别于中国传统诗论并趋近于西方近代美学的新颖而深邃的洞见。但由于历史及个人的原因,它也存在不少二律背反的矛盾现象乃至理论认识上的偏差。

Wang Guowei wrote On Ci Poetry in the light of the aesthetic ideas of Kant and Schopenhauer. As one of the earliest useful attempts to find affinities between modem Western and Chinse poetic theories, the book not only broadens the horizons for the Chinese theorists but also offers some new insights into issues, such as the nature of poetry, the purposes and laws of poetic creation. His reflections mark significant departures from the traditional poetics and parallel modem Western aesthetics. The philosophical contradictions and theoretical irregularities in the book may be explained in terms of the social and personal histories.