高天厚土水长流——论中国传统文论的诗性空间

Sky, Earth and Flowing Water——On the Poetic Space of Traditional Chinese Poetics

中国传统文论在理论文体及体貌风格、思维方式及批评方法、历史流变及思想力度等方面,均有着不同于西方文论的鲜明的诗性特征:西方文论建造的是结构谨严、层次明晰的理论大厦,中国文论营构的则是高天厚土水长流的诗性空间。中国传统文论诗性空间由以下三个纬度构成:其一,由"体"(体裁之体与风格之体)所展现出来的高远的艺术境界;其二,"法"———植根于特定文化的思维方式及理论方法,揭示文化根基之深厚;其三,由前两者所铸成的传统文论诗性特征的恒久的生命力。高天厚土水长流,中国文论的诗性传统是全球化时代中西文论平等对话的本土性资源及文化本位。

The traditional Chinese poetics differs from the western poetics in its style, way of thinking and criticism, evolution and strength of thoughts. The western poetics intends to construct a theoretical building with strict structure and clear-cut layers, whereas the Chinese poetics inclines to create a poetic space of high sky, thick earth and flowing water. The traditional Chinese poetic space consists of three dimensions: 1^(st), 'TI (form and style)', indicative of high and distant artistic realm; 2^(nd), 'FA (way)', indicative of the profundity of its culture as it is rooted in the special thinking and theoretical methods in a special culture, and 3^(rd), the everlasting force of life of the traditional Chinese poetics that is resulted from the combination of the 1^(st) and 2^(nd). The high sky, the thick earth and the flowing water — such Chinese poetic tradition forms the native resource and cultural standard in its dialogue with the western poetics as an equal partner.