《文心雕龍》所隱涵二重“文心”的結構及其功能

The Double Construction and Functions of the Literary Mind in Wenxin diaolong

Abstract

LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in Chinese; abstract also in English.

劉勰將自己的著作命名爲《文心雕龍》，很自覺地使用“文心”與“雕龍”兩個關鍵詞，表述全書的文學理論體系。什麽是“文心”？劉勰只簡單説是“爲文之用心”，也就是創作文章所運用的“心”；然而，這一“文心”實質的内涵是什麽？包含哪些要素？諸多要素之間，以什麽邏輯關係形成整體的“結構”？這一“結構”有何相應的“功能”？這是“文心雕龍學”必須解答的基本論題；然而，關於這一論題，學界至今只做了粗略、表淺的論説。本論文針對《文心雕龍》全書的相關文本，經由精密的分析，有效地揭明其中隱含的二重“文心”，並分别詮釋這二重“文心”各自具有什麽實質内涵？各自包含哪些要素？諸多要素之間，以什麽邏輯關係形成整體的“結構”？而這一“結構”有何相應的“功能”？

When entitling his Wenxin diaolong (The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons), Liu Xie consciously employed the two key terms wenxin and diaolong to recapitulate the theoretical framework of the book. But, what is wenxin? Liu Xie only explains it as “the creative mind for literary composition.” Several questions have remained unanswered. They include: what is the actual content of wenxin? What elements are included? With what logic and relationship are these elements connected to make a comprehensive “structure”? To what functions does this “structure” correspond? These are unavoidable questions in the scholarship of wenxin diaolong. However, these questions have not been amply answered and only dealt with in a rough and shallow manner. The present essay focuses on related contexts in the Wenxin diaolong and shall analyze and interpret the content, essential elements, and logical structure of the double “literary mind,” attempting to discover its holistic structure and its corresponding features.