再论“小子无官职,衣冠仕洛阳”

Second Thought on “the youngest son has no official rank, living like an official in Luoyang”

汉乐府《长安有狭斜行》中"小子无官职,衣冠仕洛阳"一句,因上下句间存在的逻辑矛盾,引起了后人的不同解读。朱乾、余冠英、王依民、徐仁甫诸人虽都提出了不同的解释,但均有难以疏通之处。其实这句诗应以曹丕《艳歌何尝行》中的解读最为准确,它是指小子凭借家庭的煊赫地位,虽无官职却可以如同做官一样出入往来于洛阳上流社会。

In the yuefu poem of ＂Chang＇an Has a Narrow Oblique Walk＂, the sentence ＂the youngest son has no official rank, living like an official in Luoyang＂ has been interpreted differently by the later scholars because of it logic contradiction. Zhu Gan, Yu Guanying, Wang Yimin, Xu Renfu and other scholars give their unique explanations respectively, but all of them have leaks one way or other. The sentence is best explained in the poem of Cao Pi＇s ＂Yange Hechang Xing＂, which tells the fact that although the youngest son of the family has no official rank, he is enjoying all the noble life like an official in Luoyang by virtue of his family＇ s prestige and glory.