生命张力形成的曲线美——“夭、乔”文学内涵探源

The Curvilinear Beauty which Takes Form From Life Tension--A Literary Research of Yao(夭) and Qiao(乔)

夭最初指人的幼龄阶段 ,虽然尚未充分舒展开来 ,却充满生命的张力。夭用于形容植物时 ,表现的是屈曲状态中蕴含的丰富潜能 ,以此象征妙龄女子旺盛的生命力所显示的美。乔从夭 ,有高大屈曲之义 ,在文学作品中呈现较为复杂的情况。夭乔组合在一起构成的词语 ,或用于动态描写 ,或用于静态刻划 ,所展示的基本是屈曲状态所蕴含的张力。夭乔作为美的符号出现 ,是先民生命哲学的显示。

Yao initially means infancy. Even as a child hasn't fully developed, he is imbued with life tension, when ancient wri ters applied Yao to describe plant, it expressed abundant energy whi ch was contained in crooking c ondition. So it means beauty of girls' exuberant vitality Qiao comes from Yao, it means tall, huge and crooking condition. In literay works, Qiao has comp licated usage. Those words which are constituted from Yao and Qiao may be used a s dynamic description or static description, they all show abundant tension th at is contained in crooking condition. Emerged as aesthetic symbols, Yao and Qi ao can be looked upon as an expression of ancient people's life philo sophy.