古典文学中竹意象的神话原型寻秘

竹的巨大生命力和潜能,让华夏古人生成了自然崇拜,竹的物种本能呼唤着古人的生命意识,竹成为原始植物崇拜的一个代表。竹与龙,有类似的神秘内蕴与象征功能,两者互可置换,不仅因其长度、形状相似,色彩及功能亦颇相近。竹与中国古人惜命重生意识也极为切近。竹的质地坚硬耐久,四季不凋、葱茏蓬勃的生命力,使其神话内蕴更有理由持久延续。古人信奉竹的祛病养生之用,还由竹的美好质性联想到日常人世伦理。湘妃泣染斑竹的仙话传说,将男性文人的气节,泛化为女性对爱情的坚贞不渝。中国古典文学中竹意象繁盛不衰,缘其神话原型的稳定凝重和多样化,从而文人主体在诸多重大人生课题面前心中时现竹影。

An Exploration on Mythical Prototype of the Bamboo Image in the Classical Literature

Bamboo's boundless vitality and potential function make itself worshiped in ancient China. and its species instinct has been calling the life consciousness of the ancients. The bamboo becomes a representative of the primitive plant worship. The bamboo and Chinese dragon have the similar mystical implications and symbolic function. They are interchangeable, not only because of their similar length and shape but also their similar colour and function. Furthermore, bamboo is very close to Chinese consciousness of revival. Its hardness and durability make its mythical implications long lasting. In addition, the ancients believe in bamboo's functions of disease prevention and health preservation and associate its goodness with human ethics. The fable that the bamboo have spotted by Xiangfei's tears makes the male scholar's moral integrity universalized into the female 's faith to love. In the Chinese classical literature, the reason for the fact the bamboo image is flourishing is that its mythical prototype is stable and varied and most of scholars think of bamboo when facing the most important things in life.