《黄雀记》:如何缚住记忆的幽灵

Huang Que Ji: How to Bind the Ghost of Memory?

在苏童的小说《黄雀记》中,＂绳索＂是一个不断出现的关键意象,如何理解保润对祖父的捆绑,是打开小说意义谜团的一把钥匙。从作品中可知,保润之所以几次三番地把祖父捆绑起来,是为了防止他到处挖掘祖先遗骨;祖父之所以挖掘遗骨,是因为他丢了魂;而他灵魂的出口就是当年受迫害时留下的伤疤。可见,不管是祖父丢魂的原因,还是他丢魂以后的症状,以及保润对付祖父的方法,都是有明确的现实隐喻的。《黄雀记》向我们讲述的绝不仅仅是某种抽象的人类生存寓言,而是提出了一系列具有现实意义的问题——在当代社会平静的表象之下,人们对创伤历史的记忆是否已经消失？不同代际对它持有什么样的态度？面对它的扰乱,我们该如何缚住记忆的幽灵？

＂Rope＂ is a key image in Su Tong＇s novel Huang Que Ji. How to understand the bundling of Bao Run to his grandfather is a key to the mystery of the novel＇s meaning. From the work, it can be seen that Bao Run tied up his grandfather over and over again in order to prevent him from dig- ging up his ancestral bones. Grandfather dug the bones because he lost his soul which exit from the scar that was left when he was persecuted. It can be seen that whether the reason of he lost his soul or his symptoms after losing his soul, as well as his methods of dealing with his grandfather, there is a clear realistic metaphor. The book is not just an abstract human survival para- ble, but raises a series of practical questions ： is the memory of traumatic his- tory disappearing under the calm surface of contemporary society？ What is the attitudes of different generations to it？ In the face of its disruption, how do we bind ghost of memory？