从柳永词作看北宋都市文化

On the Urban Culture of the Northern Song Dynasty Through Liuyong’s Verses

宋词在词体文学中有着崇高的地位,是中国古代文学的明珠。宋词的繁盛是社会因素与文学发展相互融合的结果。宋代社会文化的开明与小市民经济的发达造就了古代别具特色的都市文化,作为都市文化的优秀词人柳永,他的词反映了都市生活的林林总总,蕴含了都市小市民阶层日常生活情趣的审美。他的词作常常从不同角度展现当时的社会风貌,在他的笔下,能够看到北宋都市发展的一角,能够感知都市人民生活的景象,通过对柳永词作中北宋都市文化的剪影进行分析,着重探寻其作品所展现的北宋都市文化。

The verses of the Song Dynasty enjoy a high standing in the literature world of verses,being a pearl in Chinese classical literature.The prosperity of the Song verses is the result of the integration of social factors and literature development.The liberal social culture and the flourishing economy of urban petty bourgeois in the Song Dynasty brought up a distinctive classical urban culture.Liuyong is treated as an excellent verse creator in the urban culture.Thus,his verses mirror every aspect of the urban life and contain the aesthetic taste in the daily life scenes of the urban petty bourgeois.His verses usually show the social features at that time from various perspectives.From his verses,people can find a part of the development of the urban areas in the Northern Song Dynasty and perceive the urban citizens’life style.By analyzing the reflections of urban culture in Liuyong’s verses in the Northern Song Dynasty,this paper focuses on exploration the urban culture in the Northern Song Dynasty that is shown in his works of verse.