挽歌考

Research on the Elegy

挽歌是一种哀祭文体,集文化和文学于一身,因其悲哀感人的曲调,被丧礼所用。后成为丧葬礼仪制度的一部分。从此,挽歌就与哀生悼死结下了不解之缘。挽歌的判断标准与丧葬仪式有着紧密的联系,在此基础上,本文对挽歌进行了考证。

The elegy can be described as a behavior and a sort of mourning and wield style. Through researching for the origin of elegy, it could be seen it had been a labor song earliest in the ancient times. Because of its mourning melody, it was adopted in funeral ceremony. From then on, it has the close relationship to life and death. Engendered in practicality, the elegy＇s judging criterion is tightly related with funeral process. The funeral process is putting the body in coffin after dying, attending ceremony and bury. Holding this criterion, we have a textual research and estimation of elegy.