平安物语文学中的古琴

The Guqin in Heian Monogatari

古琴在我国是与帝王治国、君子修身密切相关的乐器,由遣唐使传到日本后,也是作为礼乐思想的一个组成部分,由天皇、亲王们亲自弹奏古琴。然而,在古琴的琴技失传以后,反而出现了把古琴视作贵族女性修养的传说。本文通过对平安物语文学的考察,探讨了这种传说产生的渊源以及对后世文学的影响。

The guqin is a kind of musical instrument that has a lot to do with an emperor running the state and a gentleman＇ s character cultivation. After its introduction to Japan by the Kentoushi, it became a part of the Japanese ideology of community and harmony. The emperor and princes of Japan played the guqin themselves. However, after the disappearance of the musical skills required to play the guqin, a legend emerged suggesting that the guqin was a symbol of female nobility. The paper explores the origin of this legend and its effect on the later literature by investigating the monogatari of the Heian period of Japan.