“狼跋其胡,载疐其尾”新解

New Explanation on “Lang Ba Qi Hu,Zai Zhi Qi Wei”(狼跋其胡,载疐其尾)

“狼跋其胡,载疐其尾”见于《豳风·狼跋》篇,历代学者谨守古训,视“狼跋”为主谓结构成分。通过梳理“狼跋”词义发展的源流脉络,可知“狼跋”即“狼狈”,实为联绵词,“狼跋其胡,载疐其尾”是舞者来回甩摆衣袖和尾饰的舞蹈动作。由“赤舄”发掘《狼跋》的背景信息,可推断《狼跋》是一首赞美参加祭礼贵族的诗篇。

“Lang ba qi hu,zai zhi qi wei”(狼跋其胡,载疐其尾)appeared in the Book of Songs,many scholars in history followed Mao heng's annotation and thought“Lang Ba”(狼跋)as compound words of subject-verb type.Combed out the development of the meaning of“Lang Ba”(狼跋),it can be inferred that“Lang Ba”(狼跋)and“Lang Bei”(狼狈)are actually the same word,through“Chi Xi”(赤舄)to uncover the background information of the poem,“Lang ba qi hu,zai zhi qi wei”(狼跋其胡,载疐其尾)depicts dance movements,the poem admires the noble who attended the sacrificial ritual.