杜鹃鸟别名考——兼论杜鹃与古代诗词之关系

A Study of the Different Names of Cuckoo and Its Rich Cultural Connotations

杜鹃鸟在古诗词中经常出现,自西周到明清二千余年间的诗歌史中,从未中断过对她啼鸣声的叙写。杜鹃多名,至少有二十几个,其命名方式大致有六种,主要根据神话传说和她啼鸣声的谐音。古代文人把杜鹃定为悲情之鸟,是古诗人自身的悲观心理在起作用。

Cuckoo often appeared in poems during the 2000 years from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Ming and the Qing Dynasties. The description of cuckoo＇s crowing has never been stopped, and more than 20 different names are give to the bird based on lengend and its homophonic crowing. In ancient times cuckoo was regarded as a bird easy to feel grieved by disappointing love affairs, which is, in fact, the reflection of the pessimistic attitude of the poet himself.