物候关情——对杜甫陇右诗的补注(二则)

Phenological Depictions of Emotion——Two Additional Notes on Du Fu's Poems in Longyou Area

杜诗中的物候描写,与作者的情感关系密切。《月夜忆舍弟》中“露从今夜白”,古今注本仅以“白露节”为注,而未能触及它的抒情性质。此句所表达的是游子的物候之惊、思归之情。其情感根基是农耕文化所孕育的“安土重迁”意识。《同谷七歌》其六,写蝮蛇出游,古今注家多认为有所喻指,这是误解。蝮蛇出现是杜甫对物候的写实,它兆示春气的萌动,在饥寒交迫的杜甫眼中,它的出现是生命复苏的一个信号。

The phenological descriptions in Du Fu’s poems are closely related to the poet’s emotion. (a) 'The dew hath become white since tonight' in Recalling My Brother on a Moon-shiny Night, hasn’t been accurately explained in the previous notes, which only focused on White Dew (a Chinese seasonal division points on 8 or 7 September), failing to get to its essence of conveying emotion.This expression conveys the poet’s homesickness through the depiction of phenological change. (b) The sixth poem in Seven Rhymes in Tonggu, describes the snakes’coming out of their holes. A misunderstanding occurs here. Most notes hold that this is a figure of speech. However, this is actually an indication of spring, a sign of life resurrection——a signal to Du Fu , who always fell in cold and poverty, that warm spring is coming and life can improve.