末世頑童：王思任的戲謔人生

A Naughty Child in Apocalypse: Wang Siren as a master of bantering

王思任生活的時代，適逢明末東林與魏黨激烈紛爭之際。他潔身自愛，不僅拒絕加入黨爭，於官吏文士、塵世俗事、山水遊歷、行文賦詩更以諧謔縱恣、放達不羈的態度相對，終其一生，嘻笑怒罵，「為謔言、行謔事、敘謔文」，在晚明文壇上自成一格，獨拈一味。綜觀其詩文與時人與後世對他的評騭，此種諧謔風格之形成，既可追溯時代風貌與地域文化的薰陶，亦源於作者的文學涵養與詼諧個性，處於動盪的社會氛圍中不僅為一生存之道，更顯映晚明文人娛世樂眾的人生哲學。

The lifetime of Wang Siren (1572-1646) overlapped with the fierce factional struggle between Donglin literati and the clique of eunuch Wei Zhongxian in Late Ming. He not only steered clear of the factional struggle at court to preserve his moral integrity, but treated his official duties, trivial affairs, travels, and literary creation with an attitude of indulgently ridicule and unrestraint. He derided and scolded throughout his life, ＂talk banteringly, walk banteringly, write banteringly＂, thus creating his own unique brand in late Ming literary field. Taken together from his poems and essays, and the evaluation of him by contemporaries and posterity, this bantering style was not only nurtured by the spirit of his time and the regional culture of his birthplace, but originated from his literary knowledge and humorous personality, thus becoming a survival method in a turbulent social atmosphere, and reflecting the ＂entertaining the universe＂ philosophy of life of a late Ming scholar-official.