宋代夫妻寿词探讨

On the Birthday-Congratulatory Poems Written between Spouses in the Song Dynasty

宋代夫妻寿词因所寿对象与词人关系最为亲密,又不存在官场职位、长幼辈分等差异,故在表达对妻子或丈夫的祝寿意愿时,也就滤去了诸多谀颂成分甚或违心之语而更加真挚动人,并在一定程度上展示了宋代夫妻各自的生活与精神面貌。

Since the addresser and addressee of the birthday-congratulatory poems were the most intimately-related,and since there was no hierarchical relations between the addresser and addressee either in terms of official positions or generational seniority,the birthday-congratulatory poems written between spouses in the Song Dynasty were more sincere and moving in conveying the best wishes between husbands and wives other than expressing flatteries or ideas against one＇s will.In a sense,these congratulatory poems can reflect the real life and mental states of spouses living in the Song Dynasty.