魏源《洞庭吟》的当代反思

Contemporary Reflections on WeiYuan's Poem Dongtingyin

自然灾害成为当今社会的一个关键词。诚然,一些灾害诸如地震、台风等也许非人力因素可控;但连年洪灾,不仅有自然原因,更有人为因素。魏源《洞庭吟》即总结了当时长江水患形成的原因,批判了当时流行的天命说,认为上游乱砍滥伐山林造成水土流失,滨湖地区盲目围垦导致蓄洪区逐渐缩小,是造成水灾的重要原因,这一认识在当今无疑具有重要的借鉴意义。

Natural disasters become a key word in today＇ s society. Indeed, some disasters, such as earthquakes, typhoons, etc may not be controlled by human forces, but, the successive serious floods are caused partly by natural factors and more by factitious factors. In his poem Dongyingyin, WeiYuan had summarized the reasons of the formation of the Yangtze river floods at that time. He thought that the real reason of floods was that the upstream overcutting forest caused soil erosion, and lake area＇s blind reclamation caused floodplains gradually narrowed. This recognition had important reference meanings for today