历史典籍《诗经》中的水生植物和湿生植物意象探析

A study of Function and Artistic Conceptions of Aquatic and Humidogene Plants in the Ancient ’Book of songs’

作为一本博物学丛书,《诗经》中记载了众多功能多样的水生植物和湿生植物意象。它们不仅具有丰富的食用价值和药用价值,还常被用作祭品应用于古代各种祭祀活动中。在不断挖掘这些植物实际功用的基础上,先民们进一步欣赏和赞美它们所展露出来的内在品质,赋予了它们洁净、柔顺、生命力等文化内涵,深深影响了后世的绘画、装饰以及文学艺术等。《诗经》中大量水生植物和湿生植物的描写,是了解几千年前人们生活方式和情感世界的重要媒介物,值得从文学、社会学及博物学等多方面加以研究和探讨。同时,它们所承载的古人敬畏自然、尊重自然的朴素生态观以及道法自然、天人合一的文化传统对当代生态文明建设依然具有重要借鉴意义。

As an ancient encyclopedia, The Book of songs recorded many aquatic and humidogene plants with various functions. They are not only rich in edible and medicinal values, but also often used as sacrifices in various sacrificial activities in ancient times. On the basis of exploring the practical functions of these plants, our ancestors further appreciated and praised their inner qualities, endowed them with cultural connotations such as cleanliness, docility and vitality, which deeply influenced later paintings, decorations and literature and art etc. The description of aquatic and humidogene plants in The Book of songs is an important medium for us to understand the life style and emotional world of the people lived thousands of years ago, which is worth studying and discussing in literature, sociology, natural history, etc.. At the same time, the ancient people’s ecological concept of reverence and respect for nature, as well as cultural traditions of harmonious development between humans and nature are still of great implications to the construction of contemporary ecological civilization.