“老”作为中国文学批评史上的一个重要范畴,萌芽于唐,发展于宋,深化和成熟于明清时期。它的基本内涵包括三个层面:从风格层面来说,是平易自然,气势纵横;从创作层面,是直书见意,不加雕饰;从境界层面来说,是不工自工,至法无法。本文试图对“老”作为文论范畴的发展脉络进行梳理。 As an important category in the history of Chinese literary criticism, “Old” started to flourish in Tang Dynasty, developed in Song Dynasty, deepened and matured in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Its basic connotation includes three levels: from the style level, it is easy and natural, the momentum is vertical and horizontal; from the creative level, it is straightforward and unmistakable; from the realm level, it is selfless, Can not. This article tries to sort out the development of “old” as the category of literary theory.