丹药·桂树·春草·木落:略论唐诗中的淮南文化意象

Danyao, Osmanthus, Spring Grass and Wood Fall: A Brief Discussion Of Huainan Cultural Images In the Tang Poetry

汉代淮南王国定都寿春,在文化学术和辞赋创作上均取得显著成就,形成了这一特定地域的思想文化传统,这一传统又孕育出较为固定的诗歌意象及文化内涵,在许多唐代诗人笔下均有出现,值得深入考察。其中,淮南王刘安及八公所代表的丹药意象、淮南小山《招隐士》所提炼的桂树与春草意象、《淮南子·说山训》“一叶落而知岁之将暮”所导源的“淮南木落”意象,在唐诗中出现频率最高,集中展示了唐人求仙、隐逸、怀人、悲秋、伤逝等复杂的情感内容。

Shouchun, the capital of Huainan Kingdom in the Han Dynasty, made remarkable achievements in both cultural scholarship and Ci Fu creation, forming the ideological and cultural tradition of this particular region. Such tradition also bred relatively fixed poetic images and cultural connotations, which appeared in the works of many Tang poets, and is worth further investigation. Among them, the image of Dan medicine represented by Huainan king Liu An and Eight Gong, the image of laurel and spring grass extracted from Huainan Hill "Inviting Hermit", and the image of Huainan wood falling from Huainan Zi·Shuoshan Xun", "knowing that a leaf falls and the year will be dusk", appear most frequently in the Tang poetry, and concentrate on the complex emotional content of Tang people, such as seeking for the immortal, seclusion, caring for others as well as mourning for the autumn and the passing.