“以情纬文,以文被质”说与墓志写作

School of Content Understanding and Form Supplement and Epigraph Composition

在文学创作中,如何对待思想内容与艺术形式之间的关系,一直是中国古代文学理论中的一个重要问题。沈约在《宋书·谢灵运传论》中提出“以情纬文,以文被质”说,就是对这一传统的传承与发展。墓志铭创作和发展过程当中,由于文人的介入,使得墓志的创作发生了巨大的变化,很多墓志铭已具有了鲜明的文学性。而作为文学作品的墓志铭,自然也存在内容与形式的关系问题,而且体现得十分突出。本文通过墓志铭实例,探讨“以情纬文,以文被质”与墓志铭的写作问题。

In the process of literary composition,the thought of the relationship between thematic content and the artistic form is always regarded as one important issue in the ancient Chinese literary theory.Mr.Shen Yue proposed the idea of content understanding and form supplement in Song Book:Commentary on Xie Lingyun Autobiography,which further develops and upholds the conventional issue.In the composition and development of the epigraph,with the efforts of the literary men,the composition of epigraph makes profound changes.A large number of epigraphs are endowed with vivid literary features.As the literary piece,the epigraph also has and highlights the problem concerning the relationship between the content and form.This paper is to look into the thought of content understanding and form supplement and the composition of epigraphy throughf case studies.