荀子《诗》学与先秦"诗传"

荀子是战国末传道兼传经之儒,其《诗》学与《毛诗》非属同一系统。他一方面阐释经典喻意,推进《诗》的经典权威化进程;另一方面又以《诗》证礼,推进礼的制度化进程。其通经致用的基本精神,为汉代今文学派开启了先河。荀子当撰有"诗传",《荀子》中存有的两种"诗传"的迻录文字,披露了荀子"诗传"的基本形态。

Xunzi's Study of the Book of Songs and the Commentaries on the Book of Songs before the Qin Dynasty

Xunzi is a Confucian who propagated doctrines of the ancient saga and handed down the classics in the Warring States Period.His poetics is different from the system of Maoshi.Xunzi gave a profound explanation to the classics and made The Book of Songs authoritative,at the same time,he demonstrated the ceremonial rites and regulations with The Book of Songs and promoted the development of ceremonial rites and regulations.His basic research spirit,"learning the classics in order to make use of them",became the headstream of the school of up-to date writing study in Han Dynasty.Xunzi maybe had written the commentaries on The Book of Songs,for there are two kinds of the excerption about the commentaries on The Book of Songs in Xunzi,that threw daylight on the basic condition of Xunzi's commentaries on The Book of Songs.