散发着原始野气的自然生命力的喷射——中国早期文学的赤手搏虎场景

The Burst of Natural Vitality:On the Description of Fighting with a Tiger Barehanded in the Early Chinese Literature

赤手搏虎场景经常在中国早期文学中出现,是古代先民显示自身力量和勇气的一种方式,它和周族的图腾崇拜有关。进入汉代以后,虽然人们在现实生活中不再推崇赤手搏虎,可是,文学作品中仍然不时出现这种场景,反映出人们在现实层面和想象层面对赤手搏虎的双重态度,以及创作动机和客观效果之间的矛盾。对赤手搏虎的艺术描写经历了一个发展过程,由平铺直叙到重点渲染,由粗略叙述到精细刻画,艺术性不断提高。

As a way to show the ancient people's strength and courage, fighting with a tiger barehanded is frequently seen in the early Chinese literature. It is connected with Zhou people's totemism. Though people no longer admire such fights in the realistic life after Han Dynasty, it still appeared in literature, reflecting people's imagination about it. The description about it has gone through a rough plain depiction to fine artistic portrayal.