思想與文學的輝映——韓非在文學上的特色與成就

Philosophy Mixing with Literature–Han Fei’s Achievement and Unique Feature in Chinese Literature

韓非在思想上為法家集大成的人物，在文學上也為先秦諸子中出類拔萃的佼佼者，《韓非子》文章，體裁之豐富遠出先秦諸子之上，其在文學形式上的創始與弘揚，幾乎是獨冠古今。韓非為文，條理明晰、法度森嚴，結構與邏輯嚴謹、舉證豐富有力、巧譬善喻、又能以眾多之寓言創造博喻之富。韓非之文筆，不論將文筆視作文章技巧或有韻與無韻，氣勢與美感，均特有可讀之處，其遒勁的文字匹配變化多端但卻井然有序的句式，寫作技巧之高超，往往使人嘆為觀止。有其隱含的強烈情感，又有深邃的內容與卓絕的文學形式之交融，韓非文學上的名聲──在去除了「薄其為人」的時代因素之後──宜乎不朽。

Han Fei (280B.C.-233B.C.) is an accumulator and former of legislation in ancient Chinese legal circles. He is also a distinctive man of letters among all classes of philosophers in former Chin dynasty. Han Fei is far beyond other philosophers in creating literary formats. He has owned the greatest format maker since ancient China. Positive and strict with logical rules is one feature of Han Fei’s Articles, while to show the truism of his philosophy by a great many illustrations and allegories is the other. He always enriches the metaphor by a lot of allegories. Han Fei’s elegant and brilliant style is specially readable. His ingenious technique, variance in expressions but arranged in regular order, is manifestation of strong sentiment and profound contents. It is because his point of view conflicts with Confucianism; Han Fei has been regarded as an object of contempt by scholars of the Confucian school for more than two thousand years. However, in the free-thinking of 21st century, Han Fei’s philosophy, together with his fame in Chinese literature, should be imperishable.