李贺诗中的太阳神话改编及其意义

中国古典诗歌传统中关于太阳神话的书写往往与时间主题紧扣。屈原是最早把自身苦恼和困局与时间流逝结合作诗化叙述的诗人，对后世影响深远。李贺对太阳神话诗学传统的重写和改写，透露了其独有的思想和动机，形成了独特的“时空诗学”框架。李贺的这类诗作展现了崭新而奇诡的追逐时间的种种方式手段，同时也出现了“神仙之死”的悲观叙事。这个“时空诗学”框架及相关作品的内容，把李贺游仙和追求长生的作品从较普遍的政治解读和系年方法带回到知人论世的读法。

Classical Chinese poetic representation of myths of the sun has often had a close relationship with the theme of time. Qu Yuan (ca. 343–ca. 278 BCE) was the first poet to write on his own frustration in his poetic discourse on time, which has had profound influence on literature on similar topics by later generations. Li He’s (ca. 790–ca. 816 CE) works recasting and revising this traditional theme are distinct in unique thought and motives. These works mark the debut of unique “spatio-temporal poetics”. Within this framework one finds a variety of creative and grotesque means by which the persona chases after time, as well as a pessimistic narrative on “the death of the transcendents”. This “spatio-temporal” framework and its content have become an important means by which we cast doubt on the alleged political satires in these poems and, instead, read them from a down-to-earth perspective based on the poet’s life and thought.