香氣、工藝、女性情誼──王安憶《天香》探析

Aroma, Craft, Female Friendship: Wang Anyi 'Fragrance' Analysis

王安憶2011 年新作《天香》，以晚明時期上海士紳家族興衰故事為經，家族中女性與上海傳統工藝刺繡為緯，交織出上下四代人的生命樣貌。全書以香氣使用彰顯士紳家族的物質生活奢華，日常飲食起居除了追求細緻與享受外，並注重與他人的不同；當時上海地區工商興盛、人民生活富裕、工藝發展蓬勃，人們進而產生對工藝中園林及繡品的講究與追求。此外本書著重家族四代女性間深厚情誼的描述，不論是元配與二房、妯娌與婆媳都能和睦相處，在家族由興盛走向衰敗時，藉著出色的刺繡手藝及彼此互相扶持，支撐起家族的生計。本論文以文本分析為主，針對香氣、工藝及女性情誼三個面向展開討論，並參考香氣、飲食文化及時代背景等資料，期望對《天香》一書做更深入分析，提供對《天香》研究新觀點。

Fragrance', the most recent works by Wang Anyi in 2011, describe the story of the rise and fall of Shanghai gentry’s family of the late Ming period as the warp and the family of women accompanied with embroidery craft in traditional Shanghai as the weft, woven out of their human life of four generations . The book is to highlight the use of aroma substances in gentry’s family life with luxury, living apart from their daily diet to pursuit meticulous and enjoyment, but also pay attention to be different from others; at that time people lived in Shanghai having industrial and commercial prosperity as well as e rich life and booming technology thatpeople paied much attention to pursuit the beauty of garden and embroidery Furthermore, the book focuses on the deep friendship among women from a family of four generations, where the first wife and the second wife, sisters in law, motherand daughter in law can live in harmony in the same family. Especially when the family declined from flourishing, everyone can support each other by their excellent embroidery craft to help their family livelihoods. This paper analyzes three dimensions from aroma, craft and female friendship. With references to aroma, food culture, historical background and other information, I wish to do more in-depth analysis and provide new perspectives for 'Fragrance'.