中国古代文言话语四论

人文以文言为基础 ,但言文比文言质朴 ;文言与质言相对 ,而文化与文质相通。文明的言语既具有文言的质性 ,又具有文学的性质。文言的质性既与文言话语互为里表 ,又与文学语言相互依托。文言的性质既关联着语言文字的工具属性 ,亦关联着文学艺术的审美属性。在文言文里充当了几千年文学内容的“文言” ,至“五四”运动终于被白话文所代替 ,但“文言”作为中国语文的本根所包含的丰厚营养却一直滋润着容易趋于浅薄的“白话”。

On Speech in Wenyan

Wenyan is the base for cultural activities in human society in China,but Yanwen is simpler than Wenyan Civilized speech possesses both the nature of Wenyan and that of literature The nature of Wenyan is interlinked with its speech and interdependent on the lietary language The nature of Wenyand is related to the property of language and aesthetic characteristics of art and literature Wenyan had been replaced by the vernacular Chinese in literature by the time the May 4 th Movement(1919)happened,but its rich and nutritious content,as the basis of Chinese language and literature,still nourishes the vernacular Chinese