唐代传奇中的植物形象

On the Plant Images of Short Stories of the Tang Dynasty

唐代传奇小说中出现了许多植物,其中包括自然状态的植物和能幻化的植物,唐代传奇中的植物形象对后来同类体裁小说中的植物体系产生了深远的影响。如:自然状态的植物作为景物描写中的因素、作为文中所吟诵诗句中的因素以及作为象征或隐喻而出现;能幻化的植物精怪也呈现出体系:植物精怪大多有着艳丽的容貌、悲戚的结局、善良的内心,这些精怪都与人发生了缠绵的爱情故事,植物精怪原型具有宗教性质等特点,这些植物形象所具有的丰富意蕴在后来的小说《聊斋志异》等中均有出现。

There are many plants in short stories of the Tang Dynasty, which include plants and plant spirits. The plant images of short stories of the Tang Dynasty have a far - reaching impact on the system of plant of the similar themes＇novels. For example, the plants act as the factor of the descriptions of scenery, as the factor of verse, as the factor of a symbol and metaphor. It also has a system in plant spirits. In most of the cases, these plant spirits are pretty, tragic, kindhearted, and they have some love stories with human being. The prototype of plant spirits is of religion. The abundant connotations of the plant images in short stories of the Tang Dynasty can be seen in the later similar themes＇novels such as The Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio.