万州与李白:研究困局与突围路径

Wanzhou and Li Bai:A Research Dilemma and Breakthrough Path

万州自古便是长江流域重要的港口城市,与诗仙李白有着深厚的历史渊源。对李白与万州关系的考辨而言,学者们根据李白的游踪及其诗文,推测出李白曾在青年时期、流放夜郎时期以及遇赦出峡之际经过万州,具有一定的合理性。对于李白是否曾读书于万州太白岩,历来的观点颇为复杂,但不认可者居多,因而将李白读书于万州太白岩视为传说或许更为妥当。关于万州与李白之关系的两大问题的梳考,揭示了万州与原型李白关系研究的困局所在。而突围路径是尊重万州“历史原型”类李白、“诗艺造型”类李白的材料相对薄弱的实际情况,偏重于对“传说特型”类李白的梳理、考辨与价值的辨析。

As an important port city in the Yangtze River Basin since ancient times,Wanzhou has got a pro⁃found historical connection with the poet Li Bai.Based on his travels and poetry,scholars speculate that it is some⁃what reasonable that he passed through Wanzhou during his youth,exile in Yelang,and departure from the Three Gorges at the time of pardon.The viewpoints concerning the question of whether Li Bai once studied at the Taibai Rock in Wanzhou are complex all the time,more of which are negative,so it could be more appropriate to regard Li Bai's studying at the Taibai Rock in Wanzhou as a legend.The analysis of the two major issues regarding the rela⁃tionship between Wanzhou and Li Bai reveals a dilemma in researches on the relationship between Wanzhou and the prototype of Li Bai.The breakthrough path lies in respecting the fact of relatively weak evidence regarding Wan⁃zhou's"historical prototype"type of Li Bai and"poetic artistry"type of Li Bai,and focusing on the analysis,exami⁃nation and evaluation of the"legendary shaping"type of Li Bai.