林纾《韩柳文研究法》的学术史意义

关于林纾的《韩柳文研究法》,学界至今未给予足够重视,学者也多只在论及林纾的古文理论或赏析韩柳文艺术时加以引用论证。事实上,《韩柳文研究法》虽残留有传统古文评点的痕迹,却深受近代学术思想的影响。该书以韩柳文并重,是对自宋迄清争论不休的韩柳优劣论的反驳,同时也标志着林纾对桐城派古文理论的修正,更是其毕生"力延古文之一线"主张的具体实践之一。更重要的是,它是第一部独以韩柳文为整体加以研究的理论著作,其研究视角与命名方式的独创,在韩柳文研究史上具有道夫先路的学术史意义。

Study on the Significance of Lin Shu 's Han Liu Wen Yan Jiu Fa in Literary History

We have rarely seen the special article on the Han Liu Wen Yan Jiu Fa written by Lin Shu in the academic circles. Scholars mostly consider that it is a work about Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan ''s prose with traditional critical way though it is titled with Yan Jiu Fa. So scholars only quote the book when they deal with Lin Shu '' s theory of ancient Chinese proses. Virtually, Han Liu Wen Yan Jiu Fa has the academic idea. Laying equal stress on Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan ''s prose is a refute to the traditional view that Han Yu is superior to Liu Zongyuan or Liu Zongyuan is superior to Han Yu, and a revision to the Tong Cheng Pai ''s theory of ancient Chinese proses. It is also one of the practices to preserve the ancient Chinese proses. More importantly, the work is the first book that independently studies Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan ''s prose and has the extremely important position in the research history.