形名学的复兴与刘勰的“论文叙笔”

Rejuvenation of Xing Ming Xue and Liu Xie's " Discourse on Styles

随着名教的危机,汉末魏晋以来,兴盛于先秦时期的形名学再度复兴,并融入当时的玄学之中。受其影响,刘勰《文心雕龙》"论文叙笔"时,运用了形名学方法,"校练名理",不但对各种文体之"名"与其创作之"理"细加辨析,而且"循名以课实",全面评论了历代作家创作的得与失,从根本上规范了各种文体的写作,使得《文心雕龙》"正文救弊"的旨意落到实处。

With the crisis of hierarchical stratification doctrine, Xing Ming Xue, commencing and thriving in the pre-Qin Dynasty period, had rejuvenated and merged with the then metaphysics since the late Han Dynasty and early Wei and Jin Dynasties. Under its impact, while discoursing on various styles in Wen Xin Diao Long, Liu Xie applied the method of Xing Ming Xue to both clarify relations between name and reality of various genres of writing and to thoroughly assess merits and demerits of writers of past dynasties, thus having standardized the writing of various styles.