叛逆的异类——秃尾巴故事解读

The Rebelling Misfits:Interpreting the Tales of Tailless Beings

中国神奇幻想故事中的断尾龙子类型(以《秃尾巴老李》为代表),刘守华于1999年成书的《中国民间故事史》中曾推断,它是在中国封建社会走向衰落的社会动乱中,那些为家庭、社会所不容,而不得不闯荡江湖的草莽英雄的象征性角色。他们反叛社会的暴烈行径使人惊骇,却又以关爱家乡和孝敬生母的品行引人赞叹。本文意味深长地将海峡对岸蒋家孝严、孝慈兄弟的曲折人生经历和民众口头传诵的断尾龙子故事相联系,试图对这一故事的审美内涵进行诗学解析,并由此以新的视角探求相关传统民间故事的深厚文化内涵。

For Chinese fictive tales with a motif of tail - broken dragon son, ＂A History of Chinese Folk Tales＂ written by Liu Shouhua in 1999 once inferred that it is a symbolic role of those unable to be tolerated by families and society, hence trekking through ups and downs everywhere. Their rebellious deeds against so- ciety shock the readers, but win their praise for a love of hometown and fihal piousness to mothers. This essay analyzes the unusual experience of the Jiang brothers--Jiang Xiaoyan and Jiang Xiaoci and associates it with the folk tale of tail -broken dragon son in an attempt to reveal the poetic significance and cul- tural implications concerned.