论古典文学中梧桐意象的多重文化意蕴

Multiple Cultural Implications of Chinese Parasol Imagery in Classical Literature

中国文人喜好用花草树木寄托情感,不少花草树木成为文学作品中常见的意象,比如梧桐。梧桐意象在中国古典文学中被赋予了多重文化意蕴:既象征人格的高洁,又被用来比喻爱情的悲欢离合,亦是游子思乡之愁的寄托,还是文人们表达深沉的亡国之痛的意象。

Chinese men of letters are fond of placing their hopes on plants,so there are a good number of plants being endowed with imagery meaning in literature,and Chinese parasol is a good case in point. Chinese parasol imagery in Chinese classical literature is endowed with multiple cultural implications. So this article intends to explore the cultural implications; it is a symbol of noble personality,and is used as a metaphor for joys and sorrows of the love; it is also the sustenance of wanderer＇s homesickness,and the scholars also use Chinese parasol imagery to express their great pain of national subjugation.