王逸与班固的屈原评价之争

王逸与班固的屈原评价之争,焦点在于,班固以屈原为“贤臣”,王逸则强调屈原是“忠臣”。班固的读屈原,继续了自贾谊司马迁以来的“士不遏”主题,却变同情的愤怨为明哲的平静,于是带出了认为屈原过于激烈的批评。王逸的读屈原,则由士不遏的命运感伤而弘变为忠君眷国的道德表彰,从而也弱化了屈原的怨君疾世之情。他们转变了自贾谊司马迁以来士人阅读屈原而注重情感的接受维度,将理性的阐释放在了阅读活动的首位。并使士不遇的哀伤与忠君眷国的坚贞成为屈原阅读史上的两大主题。

Dispute About Qu Yuan Between Wang Yi and Ban Gu

The focus of the dispute between Wang and Ban over the appraisal of Qu Yuan lies in the fact that Ban took Qu as a "virtuous subject" while Wang regarded Qu as a "loyal subject".Ban read Qu Yuan in the light of Qu's talented frustration and criticized Qu for his extremes,but in the reading of Qu's loyalty,Wang weakened Qu's resentment at the monarch and towards the society.Wang and Ban both changed the emotionally-emphasized acceptant dimension in the reading of Qu Yuan by the scholars,and put rational explanation at the first place of the reading activity.They truned the following into two major themes in the history of the reading of Qu Yuan: one being the frustration of the talented,the other,the loyalty to the monarch and the affections to the country.