居林脱俗 万物一体——谈谈《西游记》中“樵子”的文化和审美形象

Among Nature from Crowd,and All in One:——On Cultural and Aesthetic Image of"Woodsman"in Journey to the West

樵子在古代经典作品中,不单是一种职业,更多的是通过他们的活动场所———山林,展现出人与自然的和谐关系,因而就隐含了特殊的文化和审美意义。在《西游记》中共有五次樵子(有时与渔夫一起)的登场,在总体上都表现出他们居林脱俗的样态,从而流露出古代文化观念中对万物一体的崇尚与理解。

The image of Woodsman in the classical literature, is more than an occupation. Rather, the au thor highlights a kind of harmonous relation between man and nature by presenting his special natural workplace（mountains, sometimes rivers）, which displays particular significance of both culture and beauty. In Journey to the West ,five times there appears Woodsman（together with Fisherman）, and it shows their status of living in the mountain and away from worldly madding crowd, and understanding and appreciation of All in One in ancient classical works.