宋前诗人桃源之咏的“水”意象解读

An Interpretation of the “Water” Image in Taoyuan by Poets Before the Song Dynasty

自陶潜的《桃花源记》问世以来,桃花源的观念深入人心,桃源之水也在后人的歌咏中有了新的内涵。桃源之水是沟通源内源外的桥梁,它将渔人引入了世外桃源,也将世外桃源的美好展现在我们眼前;丰沛的桃源之水为桃源人的自给自足的生活提供了保证,桃源水隔离了喧嚣、纷争、战乱,使人们安详地生活在山水之中,进入了桃源便与山水融一了;桃源人质朴醇厚的人性恰与道家"上善若水"的"水德"相契合,而佛教中水之清净与涤浊的内涵,亦蕴含在许多文人的桃源之咏中。

Since the birth of Tao Qian’s Peach Blossom Spring,the Taoyuan concept has taken a deep root in people’s heart.New connotations of the water in Taoyuan emerged in the later poets’works.The water in Taoyuan is a bridge connecting the outside and the inside.It leads the fisherman to a land of idyllic beauty,and also reveals the Utopian beauty before our eyes.The abundant water in Taoyuan provided a guarantee for the people’s self-sufficient life there.The Taoyuan water also cuts off the hustle and bustle,disputes and wars,and enables people to live in the mountains and alongside the rivers in peace.Everyone that enters Taoyuan will become a part of the natural surroundings there.People there are kind and simple.Such human nature fits the Taoist“water quality”of being“just as good as water”.The clear and muddy connotations of water in Buddhism is also contained in lots of literati’spoetic works of Taoyuan.