《七月》:周族的农业史诗

July": The Agricultural Epic of Zhou People

《豳风·七月》是《诗经》中一首十分特别的诗,因而它有一系列的难解之谜.本文从土家族史诗《摆手歌·农业劳动歌》入手,获得一种理解《七月》的新的理论视角:农事诗是东方农业民族农业开创史诗中的一个重要构成部分.因此,《七月》当与《公刘》同一机杼,当是周人在豳地时以农业兴国的历史的记述,它应当是周人农业史诗的一部分.从这个角度看,《七月》的一系列难解之谜都容易理解了.

Folk Song of Bin: July' is a very special folk song in 'The Book of Songs' and is very hard for us to understand. By analyzing 'Song of Moving Hand:Agricultural Song', an epic of Tu Jia tribe, the article explains the folk song from a new theoretical angle. Agricultural songs were a very important part in the epic of ancient eastern pioneers. So like folk song'Gong Liu ','July' should be a historical narrative about the rise of agricultural states established by Zhou People in Bin area and should be a part of the agricultural epic of Zhou people. 'July' could be easier to be understood if we read it as this.