清代初年,以朱彝尊为首的浙西词派,通过词集整理的方式推出张炎,有力地转变了当时的词学风尚。随着雍乾词坛对于张词的接受愈趋全面、深入,张炎的典范意义逐渐形成。嘉、道之际,常州词派日益兴起,清人开始从兴寄的角度审视张词,推动了张炎词史地位的重估。尽管浙西、常州两派的思路和视角存在明显差异,但双方在开宗立派、指引门径方面又存在相通之处。
In the early period of the Qing Dynasty,Zhexi School of ci poetry headed by Zhu Yizun initiated a big transition in the development of ci poetry through compiling a collection of Zhang Yan's ci poems. Zhang's poetry was thus gradually accredited with classical significance since his poems were accepted more widely and profoundly during the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty.At the turn from Jiaqing Period to Daoguang Period in the Qing Dynasty,Changzhou School of ci poetry was formed and began to appreciate Zhang Yan's poetry from the perspective of xingji 兴寄( the poetic device to express emotions and thoughts). This further promoted the revaluation of Zhang Yan's position in the history of ci poetry. Despite the apparent differences in their views on Zhang Yan's poetry,both schools shared a lot in how to establish a new poetic school as well as how to create good poems.