穿越黄昏的精神行吟——中国古典诗歌的黄昏意象论析

The Spiritual Chant That Traverses Dusk——On the Image Of Dusk in Classical Chinese Poetry

在中国古典诗歌的自然意象中,黄昏意象颇为突出。作为一个自然时令,黄昏所代表的生命意蕴,在诗人眼中,特具社会人生的隐喻。本文认为,黄昏意象起源于对温馨、圆满的渴望,发展于诗人们找不到人生的归依,类化于诗人之普遍不得意。从该意象在古典诗歌中的形成,我们可管窥出自然意象在古诗中嬗变的清晰脉络。

The presentation of the image of dusk is the most impressive in all natural images in classical Chinese poetry. Though a phase of the day, dusk, which connotates life, possesses metaphorical extension of society and life in the eyes of poets. This paper holds that the presentation of the image of dusk stems from the poets＇ longing for perfection and love, originating from their sense of being at a loss for the meaning of life, and having much to do with their failures in officialdom. How this image is frequently depicted sheds light for us to be fully conscious of the thread along which natural phenomena come to obtain their metaphorical meaning in ancient Chinese poetry.