华东师范大学学报(哲学社会科学版) ›› 2022, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (4): 11-21.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2022.04.002

• 中国哲学与文化 • 上一篇    下一篇

从醉狂到醉卧——中国酒精神的演变脉络

贡华南   

  • 接受日期:2022-06-16 出版日期:2022-07-15 发布日期:2022-07-26
  • 作者简介:贡华南,华东师范大学哲学系教授,华东师范大学中国现代思想文化研究所研究员(上海,200241)
  • 基金资助:
    贵州省2020年度哲学社会科学规划国学单列重大课题“中国酒精神研究”(项目编号:20GZGX04)

From Being Crazily Drunk to Lying Drunk:The Evolution of Chinese Wine Spirit

Hua-nan GONG   

  • Accepted:2022-06-16 Online:2022-07-15 Published:2022-07-26

摘要:

醉的现象普遍存在于各种文明中,并为不同文明所理解、规定与塑造。在中国,悠久的文明史赋予了醉以多样的精神内涵。随着时代思潮不断演进,醉的观念在断续中隐然成型:商周至汉,醉狂是常态,酒醉从神圣性剥落为单纯的欲望嗜好;汉以后,醉卧成主流。随着味觉思想在中国思想中确立,饮酒成为饮者的思想方法,“醉卧”成为酒民们自觉向内的精神探索活动,其神圣性得以一定程度的复归。醉狂向外攻击,与世界对立;醉卧不干物,内外和顺。醉卧者拒绝在世俗社会中确立自身,向安静恬淡醉乡的自觉趋近显示其超越尘想追求。在这个过程中,身体被规训,软弱无力,以至于不再站立与施为;心无思虑,却陶然、秩然而不死寂。向醉卧的演进彰显出中国人内敛、内转的文化心理,抑制住酒的冲击力却也使醉者血性难再。

关键词: 醉, 醉狂, 醉卧, 中国酒精神

Abstract:

The phenomenon of drunkenness exists in various civilizations, and is understood, regulated and shaped by them. In China, the long history of civilization endows drunkenness with various spiritual connotations. With the continuous evolution of the intellectual trend of the times, the concept of drunkenness was formed in an intermittent manner. From the Shang and Zhou Dynasties to the Han Dynasty, being crazily drunk was a normal state, and drunkenness fell down from sacredness to pure desire and hobby. After the Han Dynasty, lying drunk became the mainstream. With the establishment of taste thought in China, drinking has become the thinking method for the drinkers, and lying drunk has become their conscious inward spiritual exploration, and the sacredness of drunkenness was restored to a certain extent. Being crazily drunk is aggressive and opposing the world, while lying drunk is a state of doing nothing and being comfortable inside and outside. Those lying drunk refuse to find their stance in the secular society, and consciously approach the quiet and tranquil world of drunkenness, which shows that their pursuit transcends the worldly life. In this process, the body is disciplined and becomes weak and feeble, so that it no longer stands or acts, and the mind is free of thinking, full of leisure and joy. The evolution towards lying drunk reveals the Chinese people’s introverted and inward-turned cultural psychology, which suppresses the impact of wine, but also makes it difficult for the drunk to be strong and upright.

Key words: drunkenness, being crazily drunk, lying drunk, Chinese wine spirit