谈柳永词的雅量高致

On the Great Elegance of Liu Yong's Poems

《乐章集》里有大量描写妓女的词,比较集中地表现了柳永的狂荡生活和浪子作风。因此,其词也被认为是意淫、语俗之作、无雅量高致。其实,柳词固多绮情艳思,但其羁旅词、宦游词、咏怀词亦不乏雅量高致。

A number of poems describing prostitutes in the collection 《Movement》 relatively center on presenting Liu Yong's mad, wild and prodigal way of life. So his writings are viewed as being lewd, vulgar, and not greatly elegant. In fact, while Liu Yong's poems are filled with beautiful love and desire, great elegance can also be found in those written during his travelling everywhere wildly, in those written on his hard way to seeking an official position and in those expressing his ambition.