《天问》刍议五则

A Rustic Opinion on "Tianwen"

笔者在研读有关楚辞文献的过程中发现:"天问"乃屈子借天之名义发问,旧说不得其旨;"佥曰何忧,何不课而行之"乃屈子假众人之言以发问;"永遏在羽山,夫何三年不施"是屈子问鲧的尸体被禁遏于羽山,为何三年而不腐败,非谓鲧被刑杀也;"鲧何所营,禹何所成"中"营"字乃惑义,非"经营"、"营造"义;"简狄在台,帝何宜?玄鸟致贻,女何喜"盖问帝喾与简狄行性事于九成之台。

During reading ＂Poetry of Chu＂, the writer has found that the poem ＂Tianwen＂ is concerned that Quyuan, by the name of God, put forward such questions as ＂Since Gun is not capable of controUing the flood, why do many reeommand him？＂ ; Why has not Gun＇ s corpus per- ished since it was trapped in Yu Hill for three years＂. And the paper holds that in the sentence ＂ What matters did Gun manage＂, ＇ manage＇ here does not mean ＇ run＇ or ＇ deal with＇ , but another meaning.