感于哀乐 缘事而发——论汉乐府诗的思想性及其影响

On the Ideological Content and the Influence of Hanyuefu Folk Songs

汉乐府 ,原指汉代的音乐官府 ,它的作用是将文人歌功颂德的诗制成曲谱并制作、演奏新的歌舞。本文所论及的是乐府诗的思想性及其影响 ,班固在《汉书》中对这些民歌的评价 :“感于哀乐 ,缘事而发”。汉乐府诗这种“感于哀乐 ,缘事而发”的现实主义精神 ,实际上是对中国第一部现实主义作品———《诗经》中“饥者歌其食 ,劳者歌其事”的精神的继承 ,对后代诗歌也有其更具体、更直接的巨大影响。

Hanyuefu originally referred to an official conservatory in the Han Dynasty(206B.C.-A.D.220)for collecting and composing folk songs and ballads.This paper deals with the idelolgical content and the influence of Yuefu folk songs.Bangu once commented on these folk songs in The Book of Han,which were 'reflection on joys and sorrows and were composed according to the real life'.This kind of realistic spirit virtually inherited the spirit of'a famine refugee talked more about food and a laborer talked more about what he had done' in The Book of Songs,which was the first realistic works in China.It also influenced greatly,concretely and directly on the folk songs of later generations.