《孔雀东南飞》焦仲卿形象再论
2016-05-30朱仰东
朱仰东
[摘要]焦仲卿形象历来饱受争议。孝情之间,焦仲卿出于人伦之孝最初忍情就孝并非为孝弃情,其于两难间以死殉情既避免了不孝罪名,也由此说明,所谓懦弱表象的背后实蕴含着一颗坚韧果敢的心。表象误读证明焦仲卿人格真实,具有典型形象的性格特征。其爱情悲剧与明代中后期情欲思潮的崛起遥相呼应,具有重要的思想史意义。
[关键词]《孔雀东南飞》;焦仲卿;孝道;理学
[中图分类号]I2072 [文献标识码]A [文章编号]1000-3541(2016)06-0051-04
Abstract: The image of Jiao Zhong-qing has always been controversial.Between filial piety and love, Jiao Zhong-qing for his mother only temporarily to sacrifice love to follow the filial piety at first,Facing this dilemma,Jiao Zhong-qing died to end his own life, can avoid the unfilial charges, but not weak, in fact, behind the weak representation contains a tough and courageous heart.The representation of Jiao Zhong-qings personality is proved to have the characteristic of the typical image.Jiao Zhong-qings love tragedy had certain influence on the thoughts of passion in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, So it has a certain meaning in the history of thought.
Key words:The Peacoks Fly to the Southeast;Jiao Zhong-qing; filial piety;Neo-Confucianism
《孔雀东南飞》历来备受关注,诗中主要人物形象更是关注的重点。与刘兰芝“不容于世教的叛逆”精神[1](p.272)相比,学界对焦仲卿的态度则似乎颇为矛盾,“始终存在着‘褒刘贬焦的倾向”。虽不乏学者承认其忠于爱情,但不无微词地认为其“性格不如刘兰芝坚强,对兰芝有过不理解,有过怨言”[2](p.230)。或通过与刘兰芝比较,以为他“和刘兰芝不同,所受的封建礼教影响较深,又是个府吏,因此性格比较软弱”,故“刘兰芝的形象实较焦仲卿更为高大”[3](p.382)。
文本是文学研究的基础,综合当下研究,无论贬或持有限度的褒,都或多或少存在脱离文本的倾向,或基于文本不曾细读而出现理解上的偏差。这即意味着,对焦仲卿形象的准确把握仍必须建立在文本环境与历史环境,以及与之相应的情节基础之上。兹不揣浅薄,略陈管见。
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据文本提供的社会环境看,焦仲卿始终处在“孝”与“情”之间所构成的矛盾中,前者表现为母子关系,后者反映了夫妻感情。就母子关系一方,孝为百善之首,自上古三代,论孝崇孝言论不绝于耳。……
