通感，是一种古老而年轻的修辞手法。说其古老，是因为它早在我国古典诗文，尤其在唐宋诗词中，就已广泛运用；在西方，在亚理士多德的《心灵论》中也已提及①。说其年轻，是因为直到当代的修辞学研究中，它才被人们撩开面纱而备受青睐。一代宗师钱钟书先生在《管锥编》《七缀 Synaesthesia is an ancient and young rhetorical device. It is said to be ancient because it has been widely used in Chinese classical poetry, especially in poetry of the Tang and Song dynasties. In the West, it has also been mentioned in Aristotle’s “Theory of the Mind.” It is said to be young because it has not been greeted by people until its contemporary rhetoric studies. A master magistrate Mr. Qian Zhongshu in “The Tapered Series”