「菊花之約」中所描述的「信義」之探討──結尾中的丹治殺害之敘述

The Study of Faith in ‘the Chrysanthemum Vow’ the Description of Kill Tanji in the Ending

上田秋成的『兩月物語』之「菊花之約」是根據中國明代的白話小說集『古今小說』，以描述丈部左門與赤穴宗右衛門二位武士的友情與信義的小說。此一小說雖說獲得很高的評價，但是卻存在著一些爭議。其中在結尾時所描述的，根據尼子經久的命令而幽禁宗右衛門，以及左門殺害赤穴丹治的事項，往往難以獲讀者的理解與接受，並引發若干爭議。而此一爭議也影響了本書的評價。所以本文以上述的問題為前提，通過左門與宗右衛門間信義的描述、近世中期武士道精神的展開、以且西鶴的武士故事中討伐敵人的敘述，以探討殺害丹治的真正意義。

”Tales of Moon and Rain” and 'the Chrysanthemum Vow,' written by Ueda Akinari, are based on ”Tales Old and New,” a standard Chinese novel in the Ming Dynasty, and describes the friendship and faith between two samurai, Hasebe Samon and Akana Soemon.This book is given high appraisal, but there are some debates on this book. One of the debates is the descriptions in the ending that Some on is confined by Amago Tsunehisa' order and Akana Tanji is killed by Hasebe Samon. However, these descriptions are not easily understood and accepted by readers. Therefore, they cause many controversies. These controversies also influence the appraisal of this book.This article, therefore, stands on the premise of the above debate and studies the meaning of kill Tanji through the description of the faith between Samon and Soemon, the development of Bushido spirit in the middle early modern times, and the fighting against the enemy in the samurai stories written by Saikaku.