词曲这两种文体产生的年代较诗赋小说要晚,历代批评家对词曲的批评也是或褒或贬,或尊或卑,莫衷一是。编纂于清乾隆年间的《四库全书》将词曲类作品收在最后,而且所收作品数量远比诗文要少。《四库全书总目》(文中简称《总目》)在给这些作品所作的提要是我们了解其词曲观念的关键。本文拟就《四库全书总目》所体现的词曲观念谈谈粗浅的看法。 Songs of these two genres are later than those of poetry and fiction, and criticisms of songwriters in past dynasties are also either praise or derogatory, or respect or inferiority. Compiled in the Qing Emperor Qianlong “Sikuquanshu” song works will be included in the final category, and received a far smaller number of works than poetry. The outline of the Sikuquanshu (head of the Siku Catalog) is the key to understanding the concept of song in these works. This article intends to talk about the concept of lyrics embodied in the “Si Ku Quan Shu Mu” talk about the superficial view.