瘟神的物语——宋江的字为什么是公明

Legend of the God of Plague ——How "Gongming" Becomes Song Jiang's Other Name

关于宋江的字及绰号,记述《水浒传》原型的最早的较完整资料《大宋宣和遗事》以及龚圣与《宋江三十六赞》中只提及宋江的绰号“呼保义”,既没有涉及“及时雨”,也没有言及其字“公明”。本文通过对各地民间瘟神信仰的考察,讨论了宋江字公明的缘由,并从瘟神信仰的视角探讨了水浒故事的演变及其文化意蕴。

As to Song Jiang' s other names and nicknames, both The past Anecdotes in the Reign of Xuanhe of the Great Song Dynasty, the only comparatively complete document recording the prototypes of the Outlaws of the Marsh, and Gong Shengyu's Thirty - six Eulogies on Song Jiang, only mention 'Hu Bao Yi, ' Song's nickname; neither 'ji Shi Yu' nor 'Gong Ming' are dealt with. Based on an examination of the faith in the God of Plague among folks in different regions, the paper discusses how 'Gong Ming' becomes Song's other name, and it explores from such a perspective the evolution of the legendary stories in that fiction and their cultural implications.