八股文语言体式论

长期以来,人们一般认为八股文体用排偶的语言体式为明初太祖与刘基所定。其实,八股文体用排偶的语言体式在中国传统文体中并不鲜见,而八股文是把这种体式发展到极致的典型。对体用排偶,就目前所见的官方文献来看,并没有明确的记载。不过,此种语言体式也绝非由某个人或少数几个权威所定,它是在历史发展的过程中,在吸收其他文体的基础上,由众多的人不断修订而成的,这一过程也体现着中国文化语境中特有的人文心态。

On the Style of Language of Eight Part Essay

For many years, it was generally held that it were Emperor Taizu of the Ming and Liu Ji who decided that parallels and antithesis be used in Eight part essay (bagu wen). Actually, parallels and antithesis had been used quite frequently in the Chinese traditional genres, but Eight part essays pushed the use of parallels and antithesis to the extreme. 对体用排偶?. However, the style of language was by no means decided by one or a few authorities, but was in the incessant rectification of many people on the basis of the assimilation of other genres in the historical evolution. This evolution reflects the cultural psyche unique to the context of the Chinese culture.