《诗经》的韵式与偶句韵成因探索

诗歌的节律特点不仅取决于语言的特点，更取决于主体的认识水平和审美范式。元音是最容易切分出来的乐音。因而古人选择押韵作汉语诗歌最早形式。先秦时汉语声词尚未定型，决定了《诗歌》韵式繁复的特点。《诗经》创作、整理主体瞽矇是职业巫师，擅长于巫术歌舞表演及审音。他们选择偶句韵为主的原因是：它能体现以和为美，错综为美的审美范式和原始音乐突出节奏的特点，适应巫术表演和瞽矇工作的需要。

An Inquiry into the Rhythm and Alternative Rhyming in the Even Lines of The Book of Songs

The features of rhythm are decided not only by the linguistic features but also by the cognitive level and aesthetic norms of the subject. The ancients chosed rhyming as the early rhythm of Chinese verse because of the well-felt distinctiveness of vowels in the syllables. The absence of patterned Chinese tone before Qin dynasty led to the complexity and variegation of the rhythm in The Book of Songs.The blind wizards who were authors and compilers of the verse specialized in witchcraft ballad-dance performance and tone-discerning.The reasons why they adopted the alternate rhyming in the even lines are as followed:The alternate rhyming in the even lines could show the aesthetic norms of regarding harmony and variegation as beauty,embody the feature of primitive music characterized by rhythm and meet the needs of witchcraft performance and other tasks of the blind wizards.