身体洁净与灵魂救赎——关于身体洁净的隐喻

Body Cleaning and Soul Salvation:The Metaphor about Body Cleaning

身体与灵魂之间的关系一直为学界所关注,尤其在"隐喻思维"①介入之后,许多带有隐喻性身体行为背后的深意都被挖掘出来。身体不仅仅是承载灵魂的器官,也是可以独立言说的部分。通过清洗以保持身体洁净是很平常的行为,而这种行为却往往隐含了社会风尚、道德禁忌等诸多因素。身体洁净的隐喻暗示了身体与灵魂的复杂关系,社会群体对个体的认同以及身体与灵魂在伦理道德中的出路。

The academic circles all along pay attention to the relationship between the body and soul. Especially with the ＂metaphor thought＂, the profound meanings behind the metaphor body behavior are excavated out. Not only does the body become the organ bearing the weight of soul, but it also ＂speaks＂ independently. To keep the body clean by washing is very common behavior, but it implies lots of factors including social orders, moral taboo, etc. The metaphor of body cleaning hints the complicated relationship between the body and soul, the identification from social groups to individuals, and the body and soul＇ s way out from the ethic and morality.