两宋笔记中“兰”、“蕙”辨之文献研究

Analysis of Orchids and Irises in Song Literary Sketches

"兰"、"蕙"之用始于《楚辞》,定型于六朝,之后的文学作品中便屡屡见其踪影,然而因为宋以前的注家以及士人对于它们的区别都很模糊,致使宋朝一代又一代的士人在其笔记中不断探讨并确定二者的生物特性以及区别,这种学术交流方式更加快速地提高了两宋的学术水平。

The use of orchids and irises have began with The Songs of Chu, completed in Six Dynasties, and used commonly from then on. However, because those explanatory writers and readers before Song Dynasties did not know the differences between orchids and irises clearly, readers in the Song Dynasty researched the problem in their sketches continuously from generation to generation, which improved the academic standards in the Two Song Dynasties.