文体分类的困惑

Perplexity of the Classification System of Writing Style

孔子整理古籍,编纂五经,首开文体分类之先河;刘勰《文心雕龙》集文体研究之大成。但中国古代仍未建立起“乘一总万,举要沉繁”的文体分类系统。到了现代,将文体分为文学之文和实用之文,存在分类标准不统一的逻辑问题;实用文又分为记叙、描写、议论、说明、抒情、应用等文类,标准也不统一,且与实际运用的具体文章脱节,更造成了理论上的混乱和实践上的危害。总之,科学的文体分类系统尚未建立起来。

Confucians can be recognized as the forerunner of establishing stylistics by systematizing ancient books and compiling the Five Classics. And Liu Xie reached a climax with his masterpiece 'Wen Xin Diao Long' . However Ancient China did not establish ideal classification system. Then when it comes to modern society, writing style is divided into literary works and practical writing, but criteria of classfication is not consistent. Practical writing is fallen into the following categories : narration, description, arguement, exposition, explanation & description, the classification standard of which is inconsistent, too, and goes against with practical analysis of writings. Thus confusion is caused in the theory and practice. In a word, systematic classification system has not been set up.