“孔雀东南飞”中“东南”之义辨析

Meaning Interpretation of “Southeast”in “A Pair of Peacock Flying Southeast”

《孔雀东南飞》是中国现存最早的一首民间长篇叙事诗,自古以来对"孔雀东南飞"的讨论颇多,受到佛教思想、凤凰文化和以阴阳五行说为代表的中国古代朴素唯物主义影响,用中国古代朴素唯物主义思想来解释"东南"二字,意义更为贴切,也表明孔雀"东南"飞是焦刘二人对自主婚姻爱情的美好愿望。

＂A Pair of Peacock Fling Southeast＂ is the oldest Chinese folk narrative poem. Since ancient times it has a- roused a lot of discussions on the reasons of peacock flying southeast and has been influenced by ancient Chinese naive ma- terialism, which interprets more appropriately the meaning of ＂Southeast＂ and shows the strong desire of Jiao and Liu for free marriage.