《三國演義》魯肅的形象與角色定位

The Active Image and the Function Meaning in Plot of Lu Su in ＂The Romance of the Three Kingdoms＂

吳秉勳(Bing-Xun Wu)

《弘光人文社會學報》 17期 (2014/07) Pp. 25-51

摘要

本文撰著之旨有二：一方面刻畫魯肅的儒家典型謀士形象；一方面突顯魯肅在《三國演義》中劇情上的功能意義。關於《三國演義》各方面的相關研究，迄今已堪為豐碩，唯以《三國演義》的人物形象而論，諸多學者、先進或者著力在所謂的漢室正統人物；抑或關注於文本中曹操、孫權、周瑜等特出之輩，對於羅貫中敘述過程裡較為「扁平」的人物，卻未能有足夠的重視，魯肅即是一例。縱然近日學界已漸能正視魯肅在彼時的歷史定位，亦能一針見血地頗析其在文本中的角色價值，從而總結出精闢的研究成果，但客觀而論，仍有許多尚待深拓之處。筆者認為，魯肅在故事通篇情節中，雖看似屈居二線的「甘草人物」，不過若是從傳統儒家觀點加以探討，則其在正史及羅貫中筆下的諸多性格描述，似有不少契合之處；又若是從《三國演義》故事劇情的鋪陳加以研究，則其在文本中的角色定位，也實具一不可或缺的「中介」性質。是本文擬從傳統儒家思維與故事的功能性立論，通過此二個視角的雙重考察，藉以透顯魯肅在《三國演義》中，不可或缺又頗為鮮活的形象。

關鍵字

三國演義 ； 魯肅 ； 人物形象 ； 儒家

並列摘要

There are two purposes for this article: the first one is to portray the image of the Confucianists scholar of Lu Su and the second one is to highlight the function/meaning of plot of Lu Su in ＂The Romance of The Three Kingdoms＂. Regarding to the study of ＂The Romance of The Three Kingdoms＂, it is abundant to this day, however, when it comes to the image of character of ＂The Romance of The Three Kingdoms＂, plenty of scholars may only care about the royal members of the Han dynasty, or pay attention to Cao Cao, Sun Quan and Zhou Yu in the book. Not any emphasis is on flat character described by Lo Guan-Chung and Lu Su is an example. Though the academic circle has already paid more and more attention to the historical position of Lu Su at that time in recent years, and is able to analyze the character value of Lu Su in the book to the heart of the matter in order to conclude a ingenious study achievement, however, objectively speaking, there are still many places required to be studied deeply. The writer thinks, in the story, Lu Su may be considered as the clown, however, if we investigate it further against the view point of the Confucianists, there is a lot of consistency towards the character description written by Lo Guan-Chung. Moreover, if we study from the layout of story plot of ＂The Romance of The Three Kingdoms＂, his role orientation in this book does have an indispensable ＂connection＂ property. Therefore, we plan to discuss based on the traditional Confucianists thought and the story functionality. Through the investigation of the two methods, we can highlight the indispensable and active image of Lu Su in ＂The Romance of The Three Kingdoms＂.

並列關鍵字

The Romance of The Three Kingdoms ； Lu Su ； Character Image ； the Confucianists