诸子之前士阶层的诗性特质

士首先是一个社会阶层，属于贵族下层，可以接受教育，拥有知识技能和具体的职事。作为一种人格特质，士有志于道，有理想抱负和精神追求，可称之为“文化士”，以区别于宗法上的士。文化士懂诗达礼，以诗交际，赋诗和引诗彰显了士之诗性文化空间。礼是诗性智慧的大背景，对周天子的虔敬是诗性伦理的来源。士的诗性特质对士形象的确立影响主要体现在语言方式、思维方式和生存方式上。

The Poetic Qualities of Shi Class in the Spring and Autumn Period

Shi was primarily a social class,belonging to the lower nobility.They were entitled to education,hence having knowledge,skills and the specific position as well.Those who possessed such special quality as being doctrine-motivated,being ambitious and being spiritually goal-driven could be called Cultural Shi,as distinguished from the shi in patriachal clan system.Generally speaking,cultural Shi knew not only poetry,but also rites.They socialized with acquaintance through poems,composed poems and quoted poems...