以戰國至漢初公羊學為代表的早期《春秋》學建立起一種基于"私人性書寫"的文本闡釋體系,不僅"作者"的形象由此確立,"書寫"也被重新賦予更加豐富的文化內涵,成為士人存續道統、同時也實現自身價值的重要方式。與根植于宮廷文化傳統的職務性、程式化書寫不同,這種私人"著述"強調個人價值的獨立呈現,倡導個人化的書寫風格,而讀者也需要通過對這些個人化書寫方式的把握來體會書寫者的獨特用心。從早期文學發展的整體視域看來,圍繞《春秋》展開的一系列閱讀與闡釋方法的革新成為孕育早期文學理論的溫床,在文本的功能、形式與接受等多個層面均深刻影響了士人文學傳統的建立,值得引起文學史研究者關注。

The early commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals,represented by the Gongyang school,range from the Warring States period to the early Han.They established a system of textual interpretation based on "writing by private persons"which not only established the image of the author but also once again endowed writing with rich cultural connotations.This became an important way in which scholars preserved and passed down Confucian orthodoxy while at the same time realizing their own values.Unlike the formulaic official writing rooted in the tradition of court culture,this private writing emphasized the independent presentation of individual values and promoted a personal writing style;readers needed to grasp this personal mode of writing to appreciate the author’s intentions.Looking at the overall scene of early literary development,one can see that a series of innovative modes of reading and interpretation revolving around the Spring and Autumn Annals had become a seedbed for early literary theory,profoundly influencing the establishment of the scholar-gentry literary tradition in terms of textual functions,forms and reception.This phenomenon merits the attention of students of literary history.