宋玉《九辩》之悲秋意象

悲秋是中国古代文人特有的情结,悲秋意象也是古代文学作品中传统意象。究其源头,在《诗经》、《离骚》等作品中已见端倪。真正开始大量使用悲秋意象始于宋玉的《九辩》,一系列动植物、山川、地理、天文都被赋予了情感的内涵,特别是秋天衰飒的景物成为文人表达失志、感伤等人生悲情的重要载体。从表达意象上来看,宋玉的《九辩》开创了文人悲秋的先河。

The Image of Sadness on Autumn in Jiubian by Songyu

Sadness on autumn is the distinctive emotion of ancient Chinese literates and a traditional image in ancient works.It began to appear as early as in Book of Songs and Lisao.Songyu used it in large scale in his Jiubian.A series of plants,mountains,places,astronomy and especially the autumn scenery were given emotional connotation and became the important carrier for ambition and sentiment.Song＇s Jiubian created the first for expressing sadness on autumn.