屈原形象的历史诠释及其演变

两千多年来,不同时代、不同学者的笔下有着不同的屈原形象。两汉人心目中悲剧的屈原,宋代以后逐渐被塑造成为忠君爱国的圣贤,明清之际遗民学者笔下的屈原则是富有民族气节、满怀孤愤的爱国志士。20世纪以来,随着中西文化的整合与融汇,传统的屈原形象发生深刻的裂变,屈原被分别描写为一个纵横家、巫官、有洁癖的殉情者、法家诗人,还有人认为屈原是一个“病态狂人”。屈原形象的接受史既反映了接受者的个人心史,也折射出历史群体的政治及文化心态。

Image of Qu Yuan:Historical Interpretation & Evolution

For more than two thousand years, the scholars of different ages have diversified the images of Qu Yuan in their writings. Qu Yuan, in Han Dynasty was regarded as a tragic character; in Song Dynasty a patriotic sage loyal to the king; in Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty a cynical patriot committing to people. Since 1900s,with the integration of Chinese and western cultures, traditional Qu Yuan image diversified deep into a multiplication of a strategist, a wizard, a person committing suicide for love and hypercritical to cleanness, and a poet from school of institution. Besides that, he was also viewed as a ＂sick madman ＂. The history of reception of Qu Yuan image reflects not only the individual concepts＇ evolution of the receptors, but also the political and cultural concepts of the historical groups.