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其他篇名 Alternative Title

The vocality and textuality of qi

摘要 Abstract

在中國傳统文學批評中,“氣”是一個内藴豐富的概念,兼有作者才氣、語句辭氣、篇章氣勢等多層次的含義。本文從“聲音”的角度追溯“文氣”概念的濶源,認爲中國古典文論中的“氣”基本含義即是貫通“人”與“文”的語言聲氣。在文學主要媒介由聲音轉爲文字之後,“文氣”的概念也發生了隱喻化的轉向,被詮釋爲“擬生命體”的文章中内藴的氣力。後世文人一方面通過字法、句法、章法的講求,以細部批評探尋“氣盛則言之短長與聲之高下皆宜”的文字形態,另一方面也用誦讀的方式,不斷重構“文氣”的聲音本源。

In Chinese literary criticism, “qi” is a concept with multi-layered meanings, including the author’s talent, tone of sentence, the coherence of writing, etc. This article traces the origin of the concept of “wenqi” (qi in or of written texts), points out that the basic meaning of “qi” as a literary term is the sound of language. According to ancient Chinese concepts, the human body and speech sounds are both composed of qi. Therefore, qi naturally connects the speaker to the phonetic form of the text. This material connection between speaker and text was split after the primary medium of literature changed from sound to text. Qi transforms from a metonymic concept to a metaphorical concept of the human body. A literary work is compared to a person’s body, and the qi running through it resembles the vitality and organic unity caused by breathing, blood circulation, and body movements. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, on the one hand, literati applied analysis of diction, syntax, and composition to construct the text form of “qi” in a certain piece of literary work. On the other hand, they also used chant and recitation to re-perform the vocal form of “wenqi”.

關鍵詞 Keywords

文氣, 誦讀, 《典論•論文》, 聲音, Wenqi (qi in or of written texts), Recitation, Dianlun lunwen (Cao Pi’s “Discourse on Literature”), Sound

語言 Language

Chinese (Traditional)

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參考書目格式 Recommended Citation

胡琦 (2024)。口誦心惟 : “文氣”説的聲音性與文本性。《嶺南學報》,復刊 第二十二輯,頁241-276。檢自 https://commons.ln.edu.hk/ljcs_new/vol22/iss1/12

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