宋元诗歌中的蚩尤意象

蚩尤是中国古代神话中的人物,曾与黄帝在涿鹿作战,最后被杀。他虽然是一个失败的英雄,但在宋元时期却以不同的面目不断地出现在诗人笔下:或者直接指神话中的蚩尤,或者是作为战神祭祀的蚩尤,或者是象征战乱的蚩尤旗,或者是与蚩尤有关的一系列历史遗迹,等等。蚩尤作为神话原型,积淀了中华民族的特定心理,并在宋元诗人的反复使用中,又获得新的意义内涵。蚩尤作为神话人物已经移位为文学殿堂中的意象。

The Image of Chiyou in the Poems of the Song and Yuan Dynasties

Chiyou was a character in ancient Chinese myth. He had fought with Huangdi and was killed at last. Although he was defeated ,he appeared continuously in the poems of the Song and Yuan Dynasties. The image of Chiyou was not single but varied. Tt may be mythical Chiyou, Chiyou worshipped as war god, Chiyou Qi, historical remains of Chiyou and so on. Chiyou as a mythical prototype had great vitality in the poems of the Song and Yuan Dynasties. It accumulated particular psychology of the Chinese nation. The image of Chiyou was used by many poets in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, which gained new meanings. Chiyou as a mythical charcter had already became the image of the palace of literature.