《玉树后庭花》之哀——亡国文化建构

Construction of Subjugated Culture in the Sui Dynasty in China

《玉树后庭花》一直被认为是哀怨的亡国之曲。《隋志》虽给出了"其音甚哀"的性质判定,然从曲辞看,却并没有任何"哀"的成分。隋代正统合法性的确立以及中国古代礼乐伦理传统,使《玉树》曲有一个逐渐走向哀歌的亡国文化建构过程。在这个建构过程中,文人对于清商乐"悲伤"的印象及前代典籍的影响,使他们通过创作不断重复《玉树后庭花》"甚哀"的话语,终于使《玉树后庭花》之"哀"在历史上完全定型。

" Yushu Houtinghua" has been taken as a song with sad feelings,however if we judged the tune itself there is no sadness in it at all. The establishment of orthodox legitimacy of the Sui Dynasty and the ancient Chinese ritual and ethics make " Yushu Houtinghua" into a process of cultural construction. In the process of this construction,the literati's impression of the " sadness" of Qing shang music as well as the influence from the predecessors and classics make them " very sad tune". The nature of " Yushu Houtinghau" has been completely shaped into a cognition in Chinese history.