Abstract：At present, the research on “Yi Wen Wei Ci” can be said to be sufficient. There are not only research results from the perspective of article creation techniques, such as the arts of composition, syntax, discussion, metrical rules, narrative characteristics, function words, allusions and so on, but also the research on finding theoretical support for “Yi Wen Wei Ci” from the tradition of Chinese literary criticism, such as the theory of “Wenqi”. However, according to the existing research results, especially focusing on the research of creative techniques, if we look back at the whole development process of Ci, we will find that “Yi Wen Wei Ci” has blurred its boundary and connotations as a concept. Because before the ancients proposed “Yi Wen Wei Ci”, the article creation techniques in the existing research had been applied to the creation of Ci. It can be said that there was a period of “Pre Yi Wen Wei Ci”, but the application of article techniques in this period obviously cannot be called “Yi Wen Wei Ci”. Taking this as the starting point, this paper analyzes the context when the concept of “Yi Wen Wei Ci” was put forward, confirms its original connotation, and makes a diachronic study on the change of how people understand this concept.“Yi Wen Wei Ci” is put forward by Chen Mo according to the characteristics of Xin Qiji’s Ci, especially referring to the Ci such as “He Xin Lang” (The bird Tijue is singing in the green tree) and “Qin Yuan Chun” (The cup that you come). It includes not only the article techniques, but also the application of literary form. Specifically, it focuses on the literary form, discussion and allusion. However, with the development of “Yi Wen Wei Ci”, when people found the concept’s connection with Su Shi’s Ci, which is in one continuous line with Xin Qiji’s Ci, the original meaning of “Yi Wen Wei Ci” is broken. The literary form is ignored, but the article techniques are added to the concept, such as using language that does not avoid slang. Thus, the original “Yi Wen Wei Ci” is gradually integrated with the application of article techniques in the “Pre Yi Wen Wei Ci” period, and becomes dominated by emphasizing article techniques, that is “Using Article Techniques to Write Ci”. After Xin Qiji, the discussion of “Yi Wen Wei Ci” mainly focused on “Using Article Techniques to Write Ci”, and showed the cognitive differences between the theory and creation of Ci. In the theory of Ci, the article technique of “Yi Wen Wei Ci” expands, but the literary form is gradually obliterated. It is different from the actual creation. In the creation of Ci, some writers often selected his ci of “Yi Wen Wei Ci” into selections of Ci or imitated his work, because of their admiration for Xin Qiji’s Ci. But only a few Ci writers of them can imitate successfully, and most of their imitating works lack innovation. Down to the early Qing Dynasty, there were many people who learned Xin Qiji’s “Yi Wen Wei Ci” in their creation, but only a few poets such as Chen Weisong paid attention to learning and imitating the literary form. At this time, what can expand the scope of the literary form of “Yi Wen Wei Ci” should be represented by Gu Zhenguan’s “Yi Ci Dai Shu”. In Gu Zhenguan’s Ci “Jinlü Qu” to his friend Wu Zhaoqian, the original meaning of “Yi Wen Wei Ci” can be truly embodied and developed again. Unfortunately, after that, the concept of “Yi Wen Wei Ci” still focuses on “Using Article Techniques to Write Ci” and has affected the research of “Yi Wen Wei Ci” until now.
王先勇. 论古人“以文为词”观念的历史变迁[J]. 浙江大学学报(人文社会科学版), 2022, 52(10): 136-147.
Wang Xianyong. A Study of the Historical Changes of Ancient People’s Concept of “Yi Wen Wei Ci”. JOURNAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY, 2022, 52(10): 136-147.
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