中国韵文格律美趣概论

中国韵文由字数、句式、押韵、平仄、对仗等诸多因素所构成的格律，其美学趣味在总体上以中和之美为主，然而各阶段之间存在着微妙的差异。其发展规律是，先秦格律以阳刚美为主的美学趣尚，汉魏六朝格律以阴柔美为主的美学趣尚，唐宋格律以中和美为主的美学趣尚，元明清格律对阳刚美趣追求的回归。

A Survey of the Aesthetic Taste in the Rules and Forms of Classical Chinese Verse

Constituted by such elements as number of words, sentence patterns, rhyme, tonal patterns and antithesis, the rules and forms of classical Chinese verse had the overall aesthetic taste centered mainly on the beauty of mean and harmony. But there were delicate differences between various stages of their development, of which the regular pattern is found like this:The aesthetic taste in the rules and forms of the verse before Qin Dynasty gave first place to the beauty of masculine firmness; the aesthetic taste in the rules and forms of the verse in the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties gave priority to the beauty of feminine gentleness; during the Tang and Song Dynasties, the beauty of mean and harmony was the main feature of the aesthetic taste then and the regression in pursuing the beauty of masculine firmness characterized the aesthetic taste in the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.