李商隐《乐游原》“只是近黄昏”的“只是”

Analysis of Zhishi(只是) in Li Shangyin(李商隐)’s Le You Yuan(乐游原)

李商隐《乐游原》"只是近黄昏"中"只是"的理解对于此诗的解读具有决定性作用,但目前的释读有分歧;"只"读音古今不同,基本上没有引起人们关注。文章就这两个问题展开讨论,论证:(1)"只是近黄昏"的"只是"不能理解为正是,只能理解为只不过,但只是。(2)"只"跟"祗、秖"记录的是同一个词,原来读平声;这个词跟"止"本是两个不同的词,"止"读上声,跟"只"是同义词。后来"止"占上风,人们将"只"读成"止",是一种训读现象,于是"只是近黄昏"的"只"读成了上声。

The understanding of Zhishi(只是)in"Zhi shi jin huang hun(只是近黃昏)"in Li Shangyin(李商隐)’s Le You Yuan(乐游原)plays a decisive role in the interpretation of this poem,but there are different interpretations at present.The pronunciation of Zhishi(只是)is different in ancient and modern,and basically does not arouse people’s attention.This paper discusses the above two aspects.There are two main arguments in this paper:(1)The zhishi(只是)of"Zhi shi jin huang hun(只是近黃昏)"cannot be understood as"exactly",but can be understood as"only"or"but only".(2)Zhi(只)and Zhi(祗)Zhi(秖)record the same word,and it is originally pronounced level tone.It is different from Zhi(止)which is a synonym for Zhi(只).Zhi(止)is pronounced falling-rising tone.Later Zhi(止)prevailed,then Zhi(只)read Zhi(止).This is the Xundu(训读)phenomenon,and so here Zhishi(只)is pronounced falling-rising tone.