唐人的"后院"--从唐诗中的"药"看唐人生活与创作

“药”在唐诗中大量出现,与唐人生活和创作密切相关。对生命的极度关注,导致唐人发现了药的诸多现实功能;而对药的热衷,则使唐人与自然的关系在广度和深度上均超越前人。唐人把诗笔深入到从采药、洗药、炼药到卖药、服药、行药的各个细节,更将药园视作娱养情志的所在和优雅诗思的源泉,从而出入于理想和现实之间,自如地挥洒多彩的性格和情趣。于是,唐诗中涌现出大量与药相关的词汇、形象和主题,并由此影响到唐诗的风貌。可以说,药园与药既是唐人的生活后院,也是唐人的精神后院。

The Backyard of Poets in Tang Dynasty--Researching on Daily Life and Literary Creation of Tang's Poets from the "Medicine" in Their Poems

Medicine", a word which appeared 1862 times in The Whole Tang Poetries, was closely related with daily life and literary creation of Tang's poets. The poets paid a good deal of attention to life, so that they found several actual functions of medicine; they were so fond of medicine that their relationship with nature beyond their predecessors' in depth and range. They described details about medicine in their poems, such as gathering medicine, washing medicine, smelting medicine, selling medicine, and taking medicine drugs. They regarded medicine herbs garden as a paradise for cultivating their modes and source of their creation of poems. As a result, there were a large number of expressions, images and topics about medicine, which affected the appearance, styles and features of Tang poetry. In conclusion, medicine and herbs garden were the backyards of Tang's poets in both their lives and spirits.