《柳毅传》原发生地考辨

Textual analysis of the birth place of the Tale of Liu Yi

唐传奇《柳毅传》故事原发生地有洞庭湖之说、太湖之说及虚构说等。从唐人的小说观及文本的角度出发,结合相关地理知识、文化背景、物产及小说风格等进行考辨,证实:《柳毅传》故事中"洞庭"是指太湖,"湘滨"不一定就是"湘水之滨",因而传奇的原发地只可能是太湖地区,而不可能是湖湘洞庭。

There are different points of view on the birth place of the Tale ofLiu Yi, such as, Dongting Lake, Taihu Lake and the fictional point of views, etc. This paper will demonstrate the certainty of the birth place of the Tale of Liu Yi from the concepts of novel of the Tang Dynasty and fictional point of view which is not established. At the same time the author will research and analyze from the perspective of the text combining with relevant geographical knowledge, cultural background, products and novel style, etc. to confirm that ＂Dongting＂ in the Tale ofLiu Yi is Taihu Lake and ＂Xiang Bin＂ does not mean ＂the banks of Xiang River＂. Therefore the birth place of the novel can only be Taihu Lake instead of Dongting Lake of Hunan.