今人所讲的中国古代文论,涉及文章学的话题,与西方诗学的内在逻辑不同。从伦理学层面和审美层面看,古代文论的确与西方文论各有所长。文论家们在文道、文气、文境、文体、文术、文运诸方面,形成了独特的修辞手段和感知方式,他们在笔记、题跋里表现的智慧,我们可品味的,真的不可胜数。当代批评家很少运用古代文论的遗产,这可能与现代白话文的自身逻辑有关。白话文的审美 Today’s ancient Chinese literary theory, involving the topic of essay, is different from the internal logic of Western poetics. From the perspective of ethics and aesthetic level, the ancient literary theory does have its own advantages and the western literary theory. Literary theorists formed unique rhetorical devices and ways of perception in the aspects of passage, writing style, context, style of writing, arts and literature, and their wisdom in notes and inscriptions, what we can taste and really innumerable. Contemporary critics seldom use the legacy of ancient literary theory, which may be related to the logic of modern vernacular literature. Vernacular aesthetic