刘勰的风骨论 ,有两种研究途径 :一是对风骨范畴的确切含义的探讨 ,二是对风骨理论形成的文化背景考察。在《文心雕龙》一书中 ,《程器》与《风骨》论世论文 ,一为社会批评一为文学批评 ,完整表达出作者贵器用、尚风骨的文学审美态度。刘勰的社会批评思想深刻影响着他的文学批评理论 ,可以说《程器》是社会批评中的风骨论 ,《风骨》则是文学批评中的程器说。由《程器》观《风骨》 ,涉及三个问题 :(1)文学批评是作者社会批评的行为方式 ,(2 )贵器用具体到文学准则即重风骨 ,(3)刘勰的文学观念体现了“尚北宗南”、重铸时代新风的理想 There are two ways to study Liu Feng’s style theory: one is the exploration of the exact meaning of the category of Feng-cheng; the other is the investigation of the cultural background of the formation of Feng-cheng theory. In The Book of Literary and Carving Dragons, the essay of Cheng Zhi and Feng Feng, one of the social criticisms, is a literary criticism, which fully expresses the aesthetic attitude of the author in his literary and aesthetic style. Liu Xie’s theory of social criticism profoundly influenced his theory of literary criticism. It can be said that “programmer” is the style theory in social criticism, and “style of character” is a programmer in literary criticism. (3) Liu Xie’s literary concepts embody the following aspects: (1) literary criticism is the author’s method of social criticism, (2) “Shangbei Zongnan”, the ideal of recasting the new trend of the times