干寶〈韓憑夫婦〉故事重探

Revisiting 'The Han-ping Couples' Story

蕭旭府(Hsu Fu Hsiao)

《真理大學人文學報》 21期 (2018/10) Pp. 43-71

摘要

學界關於〈韓憑夫婦〉的討論，多附於《搜神記》及六朝志怪等相關研究中，其成果頗為豐碩。歷來對此故事的解讀，也多將其視作愛情傳奇故事的源頭。然而，藉由文中僅以鴛鴦、相思樹等作為愛情意象的證明，即便如此，是否愛情便是此故事所要傳達的唯一主題？此便成了筆者試圖重探〈韓憑夫婦〉故事時的動機。而本文的論述步驟，首先從回到文本當時歷史的、哲學的或是文化的脈絡出發，將〈韓憑夫婦〉重新置於魏晉時期歷史、文化的語境中，進而從干寶所謂的「神道之不誣」等意義的探討，試圖在以「愛情」的主題外，進一步探究其他解讀〈韓憑夫婦〉文本意旨的可能性。

關鍵字

〈韓憑夫婦〉 ； 《搜神記》 ； 志怪 ； 神道 ； 文本意圖

並列摘要

Included in ＂Stories of Immortals＂, The Han-ping Couples' is one of the love classics with the motif of ＂love＂ in the Chinese classical novel. Besides, it is considered to be the source of the folk legend. Therefore, the reader will follow the context of the ＂faithful love＂ to interpret this story. However, is this really the ＂intentio operis＂ for this story? This paper attempts to put 'The Han-ping Couples' into the context of ＂Stories of Immortals＂ or the cultural, historical context during Wei-Jin Dynasties. Except to interpret the mainstream of the motif of ＂love＂ about this story, trying to find out whether there is another possibility of closer to the meaning of the text, by exploring the characters and plots in this story.

並列關鍵字

'The Han-ping Couples' ； ＂Stories of Immortals＂ ； Ghost novels ； Wei-Jin Dynasty