中国古代文学的“三事”话语

"Three-dimensional" narrative in Chinese ancient literature

"三事"话语是指一句话列举"三事",作三个、三面或三层意义表述的语言形式。其表现有以"三事"为三项原则、三个条件、三个原因、三个愿望、三个物品等主要类型。从文献材料来看,"三事"话语在中国古代文学中是客观的存在,而且历史悠久,涉及广泛,形式多样,是中国语言文学一大民族特色,无论治语言学或文学的学者,都不可不予以适当的注意。

'Three-dimensional' narrative refers to that a single utterance has three demonstrative functions.Its major manifestations are three principles,three premises,three causes,three desires,three articles and so on.Documents show that three-dimensional narrative is an objective existence,with a long history and various patterns,is a characteristic of Chinese languages and literature.Whoever goes in for linguistic or literary studies,he should pay proper attention to it.