中国古代文论中形神论及其发展浅说

形与神是中国古典文艺理论中一个历来为人们瞩目的问题。中国古代文艺理论中的形神论,要求形神兼备,更强调重神而略形。所谓“传神”的思想乃是我国古代文艺批评的一个重要传统。探讨这一对范畴的发展源流、轮廓及轨迹,对于理解中国古代艺术及其理论的特色很有意义。

Bird's Eye View on the Development of Appearance and Air of Classic Chinese Literary Theory

Appearance and air were regarded as philosopical definition when they appeared first,and later they were widey used in the domain of literary theory.The appearance and air theory in the literary theory of classic Chinese demands both appearance and air with air preferred to appearance.The so called thinking of "lifelikeness" is an important tradition of literary criticism in our ancient times.To probe into the origin,outline and trace of their development helps to undersfand the characteristics of the ancient Chinese art and its theory.