《诗大序》是中国文学批评史上的一部重要文献。美国汉学界《诗大序》研究可分为三种代表性类型:一是刘若愚与吉布斯运用阿布拉姆斯艺术“四要素”理论剖析《诗大序》;第二类是范佐伦与宇文所安阐释《诗大序》中重要文论术语;第三类是以苏源熙为代表的关于《诗大序》与《乐记》承继关系的探讨。 “Preface to Poetry” is an important document in the history of Chinese literary criticism. There are three representative types of studies on the generalization of poetry in American Sinology: one is Liu Ruoyu and Gibbs use Abrams art “four elements ” theory to analyze “the order of poetry”; the second is Fan Zaoren And Yuwen safe interpretation of the important poetic terms in “Poetry Preface”; The third category is Su Yuan Xi represented on the “Poetry Preface” and “Music” successor relationship.