香花芳草的深层世界——《离骚》芳草意象群的多重喻指

The Deep World Beautiful Flowers and Plants——Fragrance Image Group with Multiplicity of meaning in Lisao

《离骚》中的香花芳草具有多重喻指:"我"之美德修能、质变的人才、贤臣及君王。从修辞层面看,芳草意象与其深层喻指之间是一对多的关系;隐喻和转喻是芳草多重喻指的实现机制。从语义层面分析,芳草之芬芳暗示了其喻指对象之美好;而其短促易逝的特点,则隐含了诗人对时光短暂的深切忧虑。其中后者是潜藏在芳草意象背后最为深刻的语义蕴含。

The beautiful flowers and plants in Lisao have many implied meanings, such as my glorious virtues, the morally degenerated talents, the good officials and the emperor of Chu. Rhetorically, the rela- tionship between the imagery of the beautiful plants and their implied meanings is one and variety. Metaphor and metonymy make the varied meanings possible. Semantically, the fragrance of the flowers and plants sug- gests the beauty of their objects. And more important, the short duration of these beautiful flowers suggests the deep worries of the poet about the short time. The latter is the most profound meaning laid behind the imagery of these beautiful flowers and plants.