进夜胡词【英】

Songs for Exorcising Ghosts (Jin Yehu Ci)

定义

民间驱傩歌谣。唐写本。原卷共应五首，现残存后三首，内容为形容诸鬼形态，表示要将其驱逐追捉，一举荡灭；最后结合时事，祈愿消灾除害，国家强盛，百姓富足，天下大治。

Folk songs for driving away evil spirits, hand-copied during the Tang Dynasty. Originally there were five songs, but only the last three are left now. The songs depict images of various evil spirits, and express the determination to drive them away and eliminate them. The ending of the songs turn to events of that time and express wishes for the elimination of ill fortune, the prosperity of the country, the well-being of the people, and enduring peace in the world.