《诗经·蒹葭》中的水意象及秦人的文化心态

The Water Image in the Poem Reeds of The Book of Songs and the Cultural Mentality of People from Qin Dynasty

《诗经·蒹葭》中的水意象不仅是主人公追寻道路上的自然障碍,更象征着制约秦人对中原礼乐文化接受的精神阻隔。秦人在艰难的生活环境中形成了一种开拓进取、务本尚实、柔韧灵活的文化精神。与强调仁义的中原文化精神相比,秦人的这种精神更符合当时的生存需要,然而不习周礼则无法跻身于诸侯之列,这使得秦人在文化选择上面临着巨大的压力和挑战。《蒹葭》所展现的正是秦人东进过程中对中原主流文化既仰慕又抗拒的文化心态。

The water image in the poem Reeds of The Book of Songs is not only a natural obstacle in the protagonist’s spiritual pursuit,but also a symbol of the spiritual barrier that restricts people from Qin Dynasty to accept the rites and music culture in the Central Plains.In the difficult living environment,people from Qin Dynasty formed a kind of pioneering,practical,flexible and flexible cultural spirit.Compared with the cultural spirit of the Central Plains,which emphasized benevolence and justice,the spirit of people from Qin Dynasty was more in line with the survival needs at that time.If people from Qin Dynasty did not follow the Zhou rites,they could not be among the princes,which made people from Qin Dynasty face great pressure and challenges in cultural selection.The poem Reeds shows the their cultural mentality of both admiration and resistance to the mainstream culture of the Central Plains in the process of moving east.