“情性”还是“性情”：中国诗歌价值取向的分野

中国诗论中“吟咏情性”与“吟咏性情”有着巨大的不同，标志着两种诗学理路。“吟咏情性”的主要内涵是“情”，是由“感物”而来的“感”情，与“性”的关系不大；而“吟咏性情”的主要内涵则是“性”，由“性”而来的“情”。早期理论以“情性论”为主，宋明以来则主要是“性情论”。“情性论”的“情”个体感性维度明显，“性情论”的“情”则理性色彩突出，从“情性”到“性情”的重心转移显示了中国诗论理性化的价值取向。要用“情性”与“性情”的双重视野来看待中国古代诗论中的“情”才较为全面。在这种双重视野下来审视中国的“抒情传统”，则会有不同的答案。

"Sentiment" or "Temperament" : the Difference Value Orientations in Ancient Chinese Poetry

There are great differences between “chanting sentiment” and “chanting temperament” in Chinese poetic theory, which marks two kinds of poetics. The main connotation of “chanting sentiment” is “feeling”, which comes from “feeling things”, and has little relationship with “nature”. However, the main connotation of “chanting temperament” is “nature”, which comes from “emotion”. Early theories mostly propose chanting sentiment. Since Song and Ming Dynasty, they propose chanting temperament. The individual perceptual dimension of “emotion” in “the theory of sentiment” is obvious, while the “emotion” in the “theory of temperament” is prominent in its rational color. The shift of focus from “sentiment” to “temperament” shows the rationalization of value orientation of in Chinese poetry theory. Only with the dual vision of “sentiment” and “temperament” can we treat the “emotion” in ancient Chinese poetics more comprehensively. From this dual perspective, there will be different answers in examining China's “lyric tradition”.