“性灵”说可视为公安派一以贯之的诗文理论的核心。但这一理论并不是始终不变的 ,而是有一个演进发展的过程。以袁宏道为代表的公安派诗文创作的前后两个时期所主张的“性灵”由于受社会思潮、个人经历等多种因素的影响而呈现出不同的风貌。有鉴于此 ,本文力图通过剖析袁宏道性灵理论的演进发展的复杂过程来明晰此种区别 ,从而达到对公安派诗文理论乃至整个明代文学的深入理解 “Spirituality” can be regarded as the core of the consistent theory of prose poetry. However, this theory is not always the same, but an evolutionary process. The “Spiritual Spirit” advocated by the public security forces represented by Yuan Hongdao in the two periods before and after the creation of the poem of the public security forces showed different characteristics due to the influence of many factors such as social thoughts and personal experiences. In view of this, this article attempts to clarify this difference by analyzing the complex process of the evolution and development of Yuan Hongdao’s spiritual theory so as to achieve a deep understanding of the literary theory of the public security school and even the literature of the Ming Dynasty