从唐代落第文学看落第举子归家的心理困境

The Mindset of of the Losers of the Imperial Examinations in Tang Dynasty on their Way Home

在唐代的科举热潮中,及第者一举成名天下知,返归故里荣己荣亲荣乡国。举而不第者,却要遭遇榜前痛入骨髓的失意伤心,进取无门的绝望无奈,无颜归家的羞愧难当。唐代落第文学,记录了落第举子欲归不得、归而难安的心理困境。他们难过、思亲却不敢轻易回家,一旦踏上归途却又备受自卑羞惭心态的折磨,回到家里更有可能会陷于难堪、心痛的境地。这从一个侧面反映出他们在经历落第的打击和磨难后的心路历程。

All people were keen on the imperial examinations in the Tang dynasty, but most candidates failed. The failed candidates felt frustrated and discredited to go home. Such mindsets are recorded in the literatures about the failure in the imperial examinations. The losers of the imperial examinations in Tang dynasty missed their families very much but dare not go home. Once they made up their minds to go home, they suffered so much from a complicated feeling of low self-esteem, shamefulness, the embarrassment and heartache.