《诗经·曹风·候人》新解

《曹风·候人》一诗,后人大多认为是女求男的情歌或是刺权贵之诗。此二说似乎有道理。然女求男的情歌说与古代的服制不符,刺权贵说则没有挖掘诗中暗含的"鱼"的深层内涵。探析"候人"、"彼其之子"和"季女"的身份,并从挖掘"鹈鹕在鱼梁上捕鱼"、"荟兮蔚兮,南山朝"和"饥"的深层内涵入手,证明该诗写的是曹国大夫以上某位官僚(彼其之子)任意霸占曹国一位候人已成年的小女儿(季女)为自己的妻或妾,然后又随意抛弃了她。

New Explanation of Caofeng Houren

The poem of Caofeng Houren is often considered as a poem to express the love of a woman to a man or satirize the power and the noble. These two explanations seem make sense. But a love song from a woman to a man doesn＇ t accord with the rule of the ancient time, and the satirizing of the power and the noble doesn＇ t tell the deeper meaning that Yu （fish） has. The thesis proved that the poem writes about a feudal officer （whose social status is higher than Dafu） occupied the adult youngest daughter of a Houren（a person stand on the road to welcome the guests） and then forsook her through the discussing of the identities of Houren, Bi Qi Zhi Zhi and Ji Nv and the deep meaning of Dihu（a kind of water bird） is fishing on the fish beam, Hui Xi Wei Xi, Nan Shan Chao Ji （the cloud is so dense, and the morning begins from the south hill） and also Ji （hungry）.