梅尧臣的饮食诗及饮食观

Mei Yaochen’s Diet Poems and Diet View

梅尧臣被称为宋诗"开山祖师",他共有100余首与饮食相关的诗歌,这些诗歌是北宋史上较为重要的食事资料库,是我们认识北宋社会政治经济、饮食习惯、民风民俗等不可忽略的第一手资料。根据梅尧臣饮食诗的内容,将其分为饮酒诗、饮茶诗、果蔬诗和水产诗等四类。通过分析这四类诗歌,阐释其喜食新鲜之物和追随饮食风俗等饮食观。此外,在进一步运用文献资料法、因果分析法的过程中,探析出在梅尧臣的饮食观背后,还有三个文化意义,分别是传达思怀故旧的情怀、展示君子礼赠的情谊和表达燕飨友朋之情。

Mei Yaochen,known as the founder of poems of Song Dynasty,left us one hundred poems related tofood.These poems are the important database of food affairs in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty,andthe first-hand information for us to understand the society,politics and economy,eating habits,folk customsand so on.According to the content,Mei’s food poems can be divided into four kinds:drinking wine,drinkingtea,fruits and vegetables,and aquatic products.Through the analysis of these four kinds of poems,the paperexplains Mei’s view on food,such as liking to eat fresh things and following food customs.In addition,in theprocess of further using the method of literature and causality analysis,it is found that there are three culturalmeanings behind Mei’s food view:to convey the feelings of nostalgia,to show the friendship of a gentleman’sgift and to express his pleasure of treating friends at banquets.