《葬花吟》——“男子作闺音”的千古绝唱

“Song of the Burial of Flowers”,the Poetic Masterpiece of “Men as Women” through the Ages

中国古代诗词中自屈原始就形成了"男子作闺音"的传统。男性文人在角色的假借转换中或表达对女性的同情,或借此作比兴言心中难言之政治隐痛,成为中国古代文学的一种最特殊的现象。曹雪芹《红楼梦》中众女儿的诗词,虽是"男子作闺音"的产物,但却有塑造人物的作用。在这些诗词中,《葬花吟》一诗旖旎婉转,轻泣低吟,千回百折,把一个对生命和爱情感到绝望的弱女子的内心世界完美地展示出来,成为《红楼梦》中最经典的情节,是为"男子作闺音"的千古绝唱。

Chinese ancient poetry had formed a tradition of ＂man as Women＂ since the Qu Yuan Period. Male literary talents expressed the sympathy for women in the role of female, or described their political metaphor in the role of female. It became the most special phe- nomenon of the ancient Chinese literature. All the poems in the masterpiece ＂Dream of Red Mansions＂, written by Cao Xueqin, were the ＂men as women＂ type although the literary forms were different in the aim of shaping the characters of different people. ＂Song of the Burial of Flowers＂, the greatest and most famous poem in the masterpiece displayed the inner world of a weak girl, who was desperate with love and life. So the poem became the most classic episode through the ages for ＂men as women＂ in ＂Dream of Red Mansions＂.