明镜照物 妍媸毕露——试论武松的性格缺憾

A realistic reflection of the defects of the hero Wu Song

在中国老百姓的心目中 ,武松几乎成了力量和正义的化身。但作为宋代绿林好汉的一个典型 ,他却带有那个时代的草莽英雄与生俱来的性格缺憾 :常常嗜酒若命 ,仗酒使性 ;有时不分善恶 ,盲目砍杀 ;身上既充满了正气 ,又掺杂了邪气。这些缺憾既是作品所反映的宋代社会市民生活情趣的缺憾 ,也是作者所生活的明代社会市民欣赏情趣的缺憾。市民情趣的这些缺憾也正是滋生人物性格缺憾的温床。

In the view of the common Chinese people,Wu Song has always been the personification of strength and justice.As a typical greenwood hero of the Song Dynasty,however,he had the inevitable flaws of that period.He indulged in drinking and creating disturbance,and sometimes killed the innocent while taking revenge on his enemies.The flaws of his character were actually a reflection of the regret both in people's life and taste of the novelist's times,which consequcntly became the breeding ground for the flaws of characters as Wu Song.