“皇权”与“不死”——汉赋早期两大文本主题与“梁园文学”之兴起

Imperial Authority and Immortality:Two Common Themes of Han Dynasty Fu and the Rise of the Liangyuan School of Literature

司马相如离开长安赴梁孝王“梁园文学”集团学习辞赋,有两个原因:一个是梁孝王具有继承皇位的可能性,另一个是“梁园文学”具有上层贵族喜爱的“神仙不死”思想。这是“皇权”与“不死”对汉初辞赋写作影响的结果。后来“梁园文学”等地方辞赋与汉武帝的宫廷辞赋相结合,产生了文学史上真正意义的“汉赋”。“皇权”与“不死”就成为司马相如以及其他赋家早期书写汉赋的两大主题。“梁园文学”在汉赋生成过程中具有不可忽视的作用。

There were two main reasons Sima Xiangru left the capitol Chang’an and attached himself to the Liangyuan literary movement under the patronage of King Xiaowang of Liang.The first was that there was the distinct possibility that King Xiaowang would ascent the imperial throne.The second was that the Liangyuan group often wrote on themes of the mythical immortals and never-ending life,themes which were quite appealing to the upper class aristocratic literati.Later,the literature that came out of the Liangyuan group combined with the literary creations coming out of the court in the reign of Emperor Wudi of Han to create the literary trope we know today as Han style fu.Imperial authority and immortality thus became two primary themes of fu in Han dynasty,demonstrating the indelible mark that the Liangyuan group had on the history of Chinese literature.