《弹歌》是一首非常著名的原始歌谣,历来为文史学家所注意,各个时期编撰的文学史几乎均有引录。然而,诸本文学史对《弹歌》的解读几乎都偏离了文本的原义。造成这种现象的主要原因,是因为这首歌谣有三个方面的问题尚未引起人们充分的注意:一是歌谣的异文;二是“弹”的本义;三是“弹歌”的起源。现分别考辨如下: “Battling Song” is a very famous original ballad, which historically has been noted by historians of literature and history. Almost all of the literary history compiled in each period has been cited. However, the literary history of the “war song” interpretation almost deviate from the original meaning of the text. The main reason for this phenomenon is that there are three aspects of this song, which have not yet attracted the full attention of people: one is the different language of the songs; the other is the original meaning of “bombs”; the third one is “bombshell” the origin. Now test separately as follows: