诗与虱:古代文人心态考察的一个特殊视点

在卫生条件较为落后的中国古代,人体寄生虫虱子干扰人的正常生活,是常见的情形。而文人并不掩饰"扪虱"行为,并且往往以此标榜散漫性格和高逸品性,却是值得重视的文化现象。古人诗作中多见"扪虱"字样,正是这种现象的表征之一。而古人生活方式有关清洁卫生的信息,也可以通过相关考察得以理解。古代文人的有关生活习性,其实也从一个特殊侧面反映了他们的心态。

Poetry and Louse: a Special Viewpoint to Investigate Ancient Scholars' Mentality

In ancient China with a lower hygienic standard,it is very common that people's daily life is disturbed by the body parasite of louse.However,the scholars do not cover their behavior of catching the louse.On the contrary,they regard it as a means to show their undisciplined and elegant disposition,to which is worth paying attention.One representation of it the appearance of the word "catching the louse: in their poems.On the other hand,the information about the hygienic condition of the people in ancient can be discovered by investigating these poems.Actually,the living habit of them reflects their mentality from this special perspective.