李商隐《燕台四首》“艳情说”质疑

Doubts about "Erotic Literature" in Li Shangyin’s Four Yantai Poems

李商隐《燕台四首》并非早年所写艳情诗而是晚年托寓之作。诗人以隐晦手法写"心魂间一种窈眇幽微之境界",约略有三层意蕴:第一,对政治理想和幕府漂泊如梦似幻之流寓一生的追忆与叹惋;第二,对亡去之所仰慕晚唐政治家的悼念;第三,对一生恋情悲剧的追念与伤怀。这三者又互为关联蕴含。《柳枝五首》的序言乃诗人"自乱其词"的障眼法。

Li Shangyin’s Four Yantai Poems are not erotic poems written in his early years,but allegories in his later years.The poet wrote in an obscure way"a gentle and subtle state of mind and soul",with three implications:First,he remembered and lamented the political ideal and the dreamy drifting of the shogunate.Second,he mourned the deceased politicians of the late Tang Dynasty whom he admired.Third,he recalled and grieved the tragedy of a lifetime love affair.These three were interrelated with one another.The preface of"Five Liuzhi Poems"is a cover for the poet’s"confusion of words".