汉唐时期橘意象的发展与演变

Development and Evolution of Imagery of Tangerine During the Han and Tang Dynasties

汉唐时期橘意象的内涵较先秦时期更加丰富。橘生江南的认识取代了春秋战国时期橘生淮南的观念;橘是忠诚的化身,仁人志士通过歌颂它,表达自己对君主的忠贞之心。汉魏六朝时期,橘与荔枝同为珍果。到了隋唐时期,随着橘树种植面积扩大,其从珍果转变为普通水果。橘意象的发展与演变,是橘树自身的生理特性、南北生态环境的差异以及不同区域经济文化发展水平之间相互作用的结果。

The connotation of imagery of tangerine was much richer during the Han and Tang Dynasties than in the Pre-Chin Period.The understanding that tangerine grew in the Jiangnan substituted the concept that tangerine grew in the Huainan during the Spring and Autumn and Warring Stage Period.Tangerine was the loyal embodiment and people with high ideals expressed their loyalty to the monarch thought extolling tangerine.Tangerine and litchi was the precious fruit during the Han,Wei and Six Dynasties.But tangerine transformed into the common fruit with enlargement of the planting area during the Sui and Tang Dynasties.Development and evolution of imagery of tangerine was the result of interaction among the physiological characteristics of tangerine,the difference of ecological environment in the south and north of china and economic and cultural development level in different regions.