唐人小说中的弈与对弈意象及其人文意蕴

The Images of Weichi and Playing Weichi in the Novels of Tang Dynasty and their Cultural Connotation

弈即围棋,是中国民间广为流行的一种游戏形式,在唐人小说中有许多与弈及对弈有关的描写,构成了小说中一类独特的意象类型。检视唐人小说中的对弈意象,不难发现,唐人小说中的弈与对弈意象,在小说的情节建构与人物塑造方面也发挥着重要作用,有着独特的小说修辞功能,亦折射出独特的人文意蕴,不仅可见诸多的唐人对弈尚趣,亦可见其时鲜活的人情世态。

Weichi is a game for two very popular in China. In the novels of Tang dynasty, many related description of Weichi and playing Weichi, constitute a unique type of image. A close examination of those !mages, indicates that the image of Weichi and playing Weichi in the novels of the Tang dynasty, plays an important role in the novels＇ plot construction and character creation, has a unique rhetoric function, and reflects a unique cultural connotation, not only in showing us a popular hobby at that time, but also in unfolding vivid worldly pictures of people in that society.