“诗言志”是中国古代文艺理论的重要命题。后世对其解读往往集中在政教功能之上,认为其和魏晋时期产生的“诗缘情”有极大的冲突。一是以教化的角度来解读诗歌,一是以审美的角度来解读诗歌。但是笔者认为,这两个命题实际上涉及两个不同文学理论范畴,本文从“诗”起源及意义演变入手,认为先秦时的“诗言志”是文学理论纲领式的命题,而“诗缘情”只是这个命题下的一个分支。 “Poems and words” is an important proposition of ancient Chinese theory of literature and art. Their later interpretations tend to focus on the function of politics and religion, and think that they have a great conflict with the “poetic feelings” produced in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. One is to interpret poetry from the perspective of enlightenment. The other is to interpret poetry from an aesthetic point of view. However, in my opinion, these two propositions actually involve two different categories of literary theory. Starting with the origin and significance of “Poetry ”, this paper holds that the proposition of And “poetry love” is just a branch of this proposition.