童谣与谶纬

Nursery Rhymes and Augury Ballads

古代文献中的谶谣绝大部分都是童谣,因为在那时的人们觉得儿童与自然近,与"天"通,"天意"能借儿童的无意识话语泄露出来,人们可经由童谣窥测"天意"。这将童谣与一般民谣区分开来,启发和推动了童谣和儿童文学的自觉,但也由于谶纬的过度神秘化和直接的工具意识使童谣的艺术本性受到压制。

Most augury ballads in ancient literature are nursery rhymes,which mainly attributes to the fact that people that time believed children were close to nature,and the“mandate of heaven”might leak out through children’s unconscious words,thus people could interpret“God’s will”through nursery rhymes. This distinguishes nursery rhymes from common ballads,inspires and promotes the consciousness of nursery rhymes and children’s literature. On the other hand,the over mystification and direct instrumental awareness also result in the suppression of the artistic nature of nursery rhymes.