《传道书》12:2-6的废园:一种跨文本阅读的尝试  

The Ruined Garden in Qoheleth 12:2-6:A Cross-textual Reading in a Chinese Context

作　　者：黄薇[1] HUANG Wei(Department of History,Shanghai University)

机构地区：[1]上海大学文学院历史系

出　　处：《圣经文学研究》2021年第1期80-101,共22页Journal for the Study of Biblical Literature

摘　　要：长久以来,《传道书》12:2-6一直是非常难懂的经文.早期传统将其诠释为有关老年的寓意.现代圣经学者则提出不同的诠释,认为它描述的是一场暴风雨到来的场景,一段阴冷黑暗的冬日,葬礼的场景,世界末日的景象,也可能是一处破败的房屋.本文试图运用跨文本阅读方法,从汉语语境出发解读它."废园"是明清朝代更迭之际的文学意象,代表明末文人士大夫的亡国之痛.通过跨文本阅读,可知情绪上的悲伤、对过往时代的追忆,甚至对人类命运的哀悼都可以是"废园"所传达的象征意义.总之,汉语语境能丰富对圣经文本的理解.The proper interpretation of Qoheleth 12:2-6 has been long debated.Earlier interpretations took these verses as an allegory about the woes of old age.Modern critical biblical scholars differ in their interpretations.Qoheleth 12:2-6 has been interpreted as a rainstorm,a dark and wet winter's day,a funeral,a depiction of the end of the world,and as a house or an estate falling into disrepair.The aim of the paper is to offer a cross-textual reading of the passage in a Chinese context,where the image of a ruined house/garden represents the sorrow of literati during the Ming-Qing transition,literati who saw in the the downfall of the Ming their own fate.Through a cross-textual reading,the emotional sorrow for growing old,for the loss of one’s past and for the mortality of human beings can all be expressed through the symbolism of the ruined garden,and our understanding of the biblical text enriched through Chinese tradition.

关 键 词：跨文本阅读 《传道书》12:2-6 花园 

分 类 号：I106.99[文学—世界文学]