釭灯意涵的遗忘与重拾

Red Oil Lamps Concealed by Ornate Windows:the Change of Gang Lamp in the History

釭灯是汉代灯具中为人瞩目的一种,名取自车釭,形源于动物油灯灰的处理。随着灯具材料和燃料的变更,在魏晋已降被废弃不用。釭灯的文学意象使用绵延不绝,时至今日,晏小山的词仍为人引用。但结合文献,在唐代时,从五臣注《文选》来看,原初形态已为人所遗忘。自唐至建国初期,《汉书》的“金釭衔璧”与釭灯的传统一直纠缠不清,中间虽有明晰之论,但很多还是混为一谈。至七十年代,随着实物的考证,最终真相大白。不过,或许釭灯在美术史里的历程才刚刚开始。

Gang lamp is one of the remarkable lamps in Han Dynasty.The name comes from Che Gang and the form drive from the dealing processing of animal oil ash.As the change of material and fuel,Gang Lamp is abandoned in Wei and Jin Dynasties.The literary image of Gang Lamp is continually used until nowadays.Today,the Yan Xiaoshan’s poem always wide spread among individuals.But combine with the literature,the original form of Gang Lamp had been forgotten by people from the perspective of Wen Xuan annotated by five ministers in Tang Dynasty.From the Tang Dynasty to the early years of the foundation of the People’s Republic of China,the relationship between the meaning of the phrase“JinGangXianBi”in Han Shu and the traditional culture of Gang Lamp always be a controversial issue.Although there were some explicit statements in this period,numerous individuals also confused the meaning of this two concepts.Until the 1970s,with the discoveries of artifacts in the archeological research,the truth came out.However,the research of Gang Lamp in the art history area might just begin.