孟子曾说:“颂其诗,读其书,不知其人可乎?是以论其世也。”知人论世是中国古代文论的一种观念,是孟子提出的文学批评的原则和方法。孟子认为:文学作品和作家本人的生活思想以及时代背景有着极为密切的关系,因而只有知其人、论其世,即了解作者的生活思想和写作的时代背景,才能客观、正确地理解和把握文学作品的思想内容。因此解读文本,自然也就离不开与之密切相关的背景资料。如果缺少了这些元素,对文本的 Mencius once said: “praising their poems and reading their books, I do not know their own peace, is based on the theory of the world.” "Knowing the world is a concept of ancient Chinese literary theory, and is Mencius’s principle of literary criticism And method. Mencius argues that literary works have a very close relationship with the writer’s own life thinking as well as the background of the times. Therefore, only by knowing others and discussing the world can we understand and grasp objectively and correctly the historical thinking of the author and the background of writing. Literary works of thought content. Therefore, the interpretation of the text, naturally, can not do without close background information. If missing these elements, the text