关于《招魂》研究的几个问题

Some Questions about the Studies on Summoning the Spirit

本文征引反映先秦礼俗的典籍证明 ,先秦时代对人初死时所行“复”礼 ,乃在于望其“复生” ,郑玄对《礼记·丧大记》的注释决非出于杜撰。《招魂》“乱”辞证明 ,《招魂》当为狩猎惊兕、卧病郢都的顷襄王而作 ,时当“屈原既死之后” ,故宋玉作《招魂》之说 。

According to the documentary records of rites before the Chin dynasty, the people practiced the rite of necromancy in the Pre?Chin time for the purpose of calling back the spirit of the dead so as to revitalize him. The annotation to The Book of Rites: Notes on Funerals Was true for the customs in that time. The 'conclusion' of Summoning the Spirit testified that this poem was composed for the Prince Qingxiang who was lying ill in Yingdu because of taking aback in panic during hunting. Since Qu Yuan had died then, no doubt the author of Summoning the Spirit is Song Yu, whose life narrated by Sima Qian conformed to this judgment too.