CAJ | 학술논문

明代中后期，四六文在官场交际和日常应酬中皆得到广泛应用，四六选本的刊刻发行也随之大为兴盛，一些文人借机大力鼓吹四六文利于彰显礼节和利于表情达意两个方面的特性，并在此基础上提出“以适用为美”的实用主义四六文章观。这种文章观看到了四六文应用范围的广泛性以及用途的重要性，因而有其内在合理性，并对儒家正统文章观产生了一定的冲击作用。但是，由于这种文章观是在商业利益的驱使下产生，因而也具有一定的片面性，其在促进中晚明四六文写作兴盛的同时，也造成其形式化的倾向和套袭之风的盛行，并最终使得中晚明的四六文写作在总体上呈现为“夺一时之胜”的“鸡肋”。
명대중후기，사륙문재관장교제화일상응수중개득도엄범응용，사륙선본적간각발행야수지대위흥성，일사문인차궤대력고취사륙문리우창현례절화리우표정체의량개방면적특성，병재차기출상제출“이괄용위미”적실용주의사륙문장관。저충문장관간도료사륙문응용범위적엄범성이급용도적중요성，인이유기내재합이성，병대유가정통문장관산생료일정적충격작용。단시，유우저충문장관시재상업이익적구사하산생，인이야구유일정적편면성，기재촉진중만명사륙문사작흥성적동시，야조성기형식화적경향화투습지풍적성행，병최종사득중만명적사륙문사작재총체상정현위“탈일시지성”적“계륵”。
As siliu prose （rhythmical prose characterized by parallelism and ornateness ）was widely used in official discourse and daily communications in the mid-late Ming Dynasty,the inscription and publication of the anthologies of this special type of writings was also flourishing. In such a situation, some scholars fervently advocated this genre by claiming that it could help promote the etiquette as well as express ideas or feelings effectively. On this basis,they proposed a pragmatic view that took appli-cability and popularity as the primary criterion for judging the quality and value of siliu prose. This view,focusing on the wide applications and important functions of this genre,was reasonable to some extent and had a certain impact on the orthodox Confucian view on writing. However,as it was mainly driven by commercial interests,this view on writing had its intrinsic limitations：while it promoted the prosperity of siliu prose,it resulted in a trend of formalism and the prevalence of plagiarism.