“道沿圣以垂文,圣因文而明道。”这两句话,准确表述了“道”与“圣”的相互依赖关系。刘勰认为,古代圣人是根据“自然之道”的基本精神来写文章,“自然之道”是通过古代圣人的文章得到阐明的。只有这样的文章,才能起到鼓动天下的巨大作用。文以明道,是中国古代文论的一种观念,是对文学作品中“文”与“道”关系的概括说法。早在战国时《荀子》中已露端倪。荀子在《解蔽》《儒效》《正名》等篇 “Tao along the holy to the essay, St. by the text and Ming Road.” These two sentences, accurately expressed “Road ” and “St. ” interdependence. Liu Xuan believes that the ancient sages wrote articles based on the basic spirit of “The Way of Nature,” and “the Way of Nature” was clarified through the articles of ancient saints. Only such articles can play a huge role in encouraging the world. Clearly speaking, it is an idea of ​​ancient Chinese literary theory and a generalization of the relationship between “Wen” and “Tao” in literary works. As early as the Warring States period “Xunzi” has been clues. Xunzi in “unmasking” “Confucianism” “name” and other articles