“生”与“死”的灵魂对话——重读何其芳的散文《墓》

The Soul Dialogue about“Life”and“Death”——Rereading He Qifang’s Prose The Tomb

何其芳的散文《墓》,是《画梦录》里写得最好的一篇作品。作者以道家生命哲学为创作背景,通过一个已经故去了的乡下女孩同一个颓废青年之间的灵魂对话,生动地诠释了"物化"与生命轮回的深刻道理。《墓》并不是在描写"爱情"或讴歌"爱情","爱情"只不过是作者哲学思维的象征符号;作品中的男女主人公也不是"实体化"的人物,而是作者主体自我投影的思想载体。《墓》以"生"与"死"的灵魂对话,去探索生命存在的终极意义,通篇都给人一种凄美而苍凉的阅读感觉,同时也传达着青年何其芳思想上"出世"与"入世"的矛盾冲突。

He Qifang’s prose The Tomb is the best written work in Painting Dream Records.The author used Taoist philosophy of life as his creative background,and vividly interpreted the profound principles of“materialization”and the cycle of life through a soul dialogue between a dead country girl and a decadent youth.The prose The Tomb is not describing“love”or eulogizing“love”.The“love”is just a symbol of the author’s philosophical thinking.The heroes and heroines in the work are not“substantial”characters,but the author’s self-projection thought carrier.The prose The Tomb explores the ultimate meaning of life with the souls of“life”and“death”.The whole text gives people a sad and desolate reading feeling,and conveys the conflict between the young He Qifang’s thought of“being out of the world”and“entering the world”.