偏执的生命焦虑及其艺术表达——庄周鼓盆故事主题意蕴发微

A Paranoid Anxiety of Life and Its Artistic Expression: A Thematic Study of the Story of Zhuangzhou Drumming the Basin

作为庄周鼓盆故事的最初写定本,《警世通言》中的《庄子休鼓盆成大道》在中外的广泛流播,使"不忠贞的寡妇"母题获得了各具特色的艺术形式。鼓盆故事的女主角庄妻被塑造为情欲载体,折射出男权社会中的女性处境及其悲剧性。采取试妻手段全盘掌控局面的高人庄子,实则不过是失落于社会与家庭的寒士代表,以及患有"李益疾"("奥赛罗综合征")的性嫉妒者。质言之,庄周鼓盆故事乃是以丈夫诈死形式演出的一幕弃夫活剧,其中隐藏着作为传统意义上强者的男性的最大愤懑与恐惧。

The original story of"Zhuangzhou Drumming the Basin"as first appeared in the Stories to Caution the World has been circulated both in China and abroad,and the motif of"unfaithful widow"is given distinctive artistic forms of expression.Zhuang’s wife,the female protagonist in the story is constructed as an embodiment of carnal desire.Such representation reflects the status and tragic existence of women in a patriarchal society.Zhuangzi,who tests his wife’s faithfulness,is in fact a representative figure of ancient scholars of little means who are separated from society and family,and a sexually jealous character of Othello syndrome.To put it bluntly,the story of"Zhuangzhou Drumming the Basin"is a story of abandoning the husband in the form of a husband faking his death,which is underlined by the strongest anger and horror of male as the strong man in the traditional sense.