中国成语中的爱情隐喻分析

An Analysis of Love Metaphors in Chinese Idioms

自古以来,无论中西方,爱情都是永恒的话题,亘古不变,传诵不衰。在中国的成语中,对爱情的描写更是如火如荼。而隐喻作为一种人类的思考方式,其中也不乏对爱情的隐喻性思考。从成语中着手,在概念隐喻理论的基础上,探讨古人对于爱情的隐喻性思考,进一步阐释爱情类成语中的隐喻类别及映射过程。成语中的爱情隐喻主要可分为事件隐喻、旅途隐喻、物品隐喻三种。根据源域的不同,物品隐喻又包括植物隐喻、自然景观隐喻、人造物隐喻,通过分析发现,源域和目标域之间并不是完全映射,而是部分的、有选择性的。中国成语中的爱情隐喻的分析,只是研究中国传统文化的一个小小的切面,古人以及现代人的隐喻性思考有待进一步的研究。

Throughout history, love has stood as a timeless and enduring theme, resonating across cultures, including both China and the West. Chinese idioms, rich in their depictions, vividly encapsulate the essence of love. Metaphor, being a fundamental aspect of human cognition, finds ample expression in the realm of love. Drawing upon the conceptual metaphor theory, this exploration delves into the metaphorical thinking about love prevalent among ancient people and further elucidates the met-aphorical categories and mapping process in love idioms, particularly through the lens of idioms. Love metaphors within idioms can be broadly classified into event metaphors, journey metaphors, and object metaphors. Further categorization based on diverse source domains reveals item meta-phors encompassing plant metaphors, natural landscape metaphors, and artifact metaphors. In conducting this analysis, it becomes evident that the mapping between the source domain and the target domain is not universally comprehensive but rather partial and selective. The examination of love metaphors in Chinese idioms represents only a fragment of the broader study of traditional Chinese culture. To comprehensively understand the metaphorical thinking of both ancient and contemporary minds, further research is warranted.