《庄子·齐物论》与《盗梦空间》的互文性解读

On the Inter-textuality Between Equality of All Substances in Chuang tzu and the Film "Inception"

《庄子·齐物论》与《盗梦空间》是两个看似毫不相干的文本,相差两千多年,两者之间却具有惊人的互文性。首先,二者都区分了"梦"与"醒"的不同状态,并且可以通过一定的方式进行转换,显示出忽略时间、重视空间的倾向;其次,二者都演绎出多层梦境与互入他梦的多层空间,是现代精神分析学说的形象展示;最后,二者都纠结于"梦"与"非梦"这个无法证实的问题,具有浓厚哲学意味。但是,这两个文本最终的主题指向却显示出中西文化的不同旨趣,《盗梦空间》所要突出的恰恰是生活中存在的意义,人生因为意义的存在而变得值得期待,表现出一种现世的、务实的人生态度;而《齐物论》中对梦的叙述最终是指向一种超脱的、出世的人生观,其目的是通过宣扬人生虚无,试图减少现实生活对于人的本性的束缚,使人回复到自然本真的状态,最终达到"物我两忘,玄同生死"的境界。

Equality of All Substances in Chuang tzu and the film ＂Inception＂ seem to be quite different texts, but there is obvious inter-textuality between them. First of all, both of the two texts distinguish ＂dreams＂ from ＂waking-up＂ and pay more attention to the space than to the time; second, both present multi-dimensional dreams and entring into the other＇s dreams, which is a visual display of the modern psycho-analysis theory; last, both pay close attention to distinguishing the ＂dream＂ from ＂not dream＂, which embodies strong philosophical meaning. However, the two texts show different interests of Chinese and western culture ： ＂Inception＂ highlights the significance of the real life, but Equality of All Substances advocates a kind of outlook of vanity in the hope of making people come back to the natural life.