通过比较《诗经》与《万叶集》里“葛”这一意象,发现中日两国歌人用 “葛”(日文:クズ)入诗时,其描述内容常与家人亲情、婚恋有关; 从文学意象与民俗意义上探究,婚恋诗中的采葛行为不仅是普通的劳作,也是男女表达爱意的方式;由于社会背景的不同,《诗经》中的“葛诗”更多关注民间疾苦等社会问题,而《万叶集》的“葛诗”则更注重个人情感的抒发。

Based on the comparison of the image of “Pueraria lobate” in The Book of Songs and Manyoushu, the writer finds out that the theme of poems is always related to family affection and love and marriage when Chinese and Japanese poets used “Pueraria lobata” (Japanese: クズ) in poems; ‘picking Pueraria lobota’ in love-and-marriage-related poems in Chinese and Japanese ancient literature is not only an ordinary labor, but also a way for men and women to show affections in terms of literary image and folklore; poems about “Pueraria lobata” in The Book of Songs are more concerned about social issues like hardships of the people, while in Manyoushu they are more concerned about the expression of personal emotion because of different social backgrounds.